Mechanisms of fast rhythmic bursting in a layer 2/3 cortical neuron (Traub et al 2003)

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This simulation is based on the reference paper listed below. This port was made by Roger D Traub and Maciej T Lazarewicz (mlazarew at seas.upenn.edu) Thanks to Ashlen P Reid for help with porting a morphology of the cell.
Reference:
1 . Traub RD, Buhl EH, Gloveli T, Whittington MA (2003) Fast rhythmic bursting can be induced in layer 2/3 cortical neurons by enhancing persistent Na+ conductance or by blocking BK channels. J Neurophysiol 89:909-21 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I h; I K,Ca; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Dendritic Action Potentials; Bursting; Active Dendrites; Detailed Neuronal Models; Axonal Action Potentials; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Lazarewicz, Maciej [mlazarew at gmu.edu]; Traub, Roger D [rtraub at us.ibm.com];
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TITLE Calcium dynamics for RD Traub, J Neurophysiol 89:909-921, 2003

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	Implemented by Maciej Lazarewicz 2003 (mlazarew@seas.upenn.edu)

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NEURON {
	SUFFIX cad
	USEION ca READ ica WRITE cai
	RANGE  phi, beta
	GLOBAL ceiling
}

UNITS {
	(mA)	= (milliamp)
}

PARAMETER {
	phi		(1)
	beta		(/ms)
	ceiling		(1)
}

STATE {	cai (1) }

INITIAL { 
	cai = 0.0 
}

ASSIGNED { 
	ica		(mA/cm2) 
}
	
BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
	if( cai < 0 ){ cai = 0 }
	if( cai > ceiling ){ cai = ceiling }
}

DERIVATIVE state { 
	cai' = - phi * ica - beta * cai 
}

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