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LGMD with 3D morphology and active dendrites (Dewell & Gabbiani 2018)

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Accession:195666

This is a model of the locust LGMD looming sensitive neuron from Dewell & Gabbiani 2018. The morphology was constructed based on 2-photon imaging, and active conductances throughout the neuron were based on sharp electrode recordings in vivo.
Reference:
1 . Dewell RB, Gabbiani F (2018) Biophysics of object segmentation in a collision-detecting neuron. Elife [PubMed]

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Model Type:	Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s):	Locust Lobula Giant Movement Detector (LGMD) neuron;
Channel(s):	I M; I h; Ca pump; I K,Ca; I T low threshold; I_KD;
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Simulation Environment:	NEURON;
Model Concept(s):	Active Dendrites; Synaptic Integration; Spatio-temporal Activity Patterns; Vision;
Implementer(s):	Dewell, Richard Burkett [dewell at bcm.edu]; Gabbiani, F;