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Influence of dendritic structure on neocortical neuron firing patterns (Mainen and Sejnowski 1996)

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This package contains compartmental models of four reconstructed neocortical neurons (layer 3 Aspiny, layer 4 Stellate, layer 3 and layer 5 Pyramidal neurons) with active dendritic currents using NEURON. Running this simulation demonstrates that an entire spectrum of firing patterns can be reproduced in this set of model neurons which share a common distribution of ion channels and differ only in their dendritic geometry. The reference paper is: Z. F. Mainen and T. J. Sejnowski (1996) Influence of dendritic structure on firing pattern in model neocortical neurons. Nature 382: 363-366. See also http://www.cnl.salk.edu/~zach/methods.html and http://www.cnl.salk.edu/~zach/ More info in readme.txt file below made visible by clicking on the patdemo folder and then on the readme.txt file.
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1 . Mainen ZF, Sejnowski TJ (1996) Influence of dendritic structure on firing pattern in model neocortical neurons. Nature 382:363-6 [PubMed]

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Model Type:	Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s):	Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell; Myelinated neuron; Neocortex spiny stellate cell;
Channel(s):	I Na,t; I K; I M; I K,Ca; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium;
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Simulation Environment:	NEURON;
Model Concept(s):	Activity Patterns; Active Dendrites; Influence of Dendritic Geometry; Detailed Neuronal Models;
Implementer(s):	Mainen, Zach [Mainen at cshl.edu];