Cardiac Atrial Cell (Courtemanche et al 1998)

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Accession:3800
Marc Courtemanche, Rafael J. Ramirez, and Stanley Nattel. Ionic mechanisms underlying human atrial action potential properties insights from a mathematical model Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 1998 275: H301-H321. The implementation of this model in NEURON was contributed by Ingemar Jacobson.
Reference:
1 . Courtemanche M, Ramirez RJ, Nattel S (1998) Ionic mechanisms underlying human atrial action potential properties: insights from a mathematical model. Am J Physiol 275:H301-21 [PubMed]
Model Information (Click on a link to find other models with that property)
Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Cardiac atrial cell; Heart cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I K; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium; Na/Ca exchanger;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s): Kv4.3 KCND3; Kv1.5 KCNA5; HERG KCNH2;
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Ion Channel Kinetics; Action Potentials; Heart disease; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Jacobson, Ingemar [Ingemar.Jacobson at astrazeneca.com];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  I Na,t; I L high threshold; I K; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium; Na/Ca exchanger;
TITLE sodium potassium pump
:  from Lindblad et al Am J Physiol 1996 275:H1666

NEURON {
	SUFFIX NaKpump
	USEION k READ ko, ki WRITE ik
	USEION na READ nao, nai WRITE ina
	RANGE ik, ina , INaKmax, ink, Kmko, Kmnai
	GLOBAL dummy : prevent vectorization for use with CVODE
}

UNITS {
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	
}

PARAMETER {
	INaKmax = 2.18660e-3       (mA/cm2) <0,1e6>
	Kmnai =    10          (mM)    <0,1e6>
	Kmko =      1.5         (mM)    <0,1e6>
}

ASSIGNED {
	celsius (degC)
	v (mV)
	ik (mA/cm2)
	ina (mA/cm2)
	ko (mM)
        ki (mM)
	nao (mM)
	nai (mM)
	ink (mA/cm2)
	dummy
}


BREAKPOINT { LOCAL q10 , fnk 
	
		q10 = 3^((celsius - 37)/10 (degC))
	
	fnk = (v + 150)/(v + 200)
	
			
	ink= q10*INaKmax*fnk/((1 + (Kmnai/nai)^1.5)*(1 + Kmko/ko))
	ina = 3*ink
	ik = -2*ink
}

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