Spiny neuron model with dopamine-induced bistability (Gruber et al 2003)

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These files implement a model of dopaminergic modulation of voltage-gated currents (called kir2 and caL in the original paper). See spinycell.html for details of usage and implementation. For questions about this implementation, contact Ted Carnevale (ted.carnevale@yale.edu)
Reference:
1 . Gruber AJ, Solla SA, Surmeier DJ, Houk JC (2003) Modulation of striatal single units by expected reward: a spiny neuron model displaying dopamine-induced bistability. J Neurophysiol 90:1095-114 [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): Neostriatum medium spiny direct pathway GABA cell;
Channel(s): I K,leak; I h; I A, slow;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): D1; Dopaminergic Receptor;
Gene(s): Cav1.3 CACNA1D; D1 DRD1A;
Transmitter(s): Dopamine;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Intrinsic plasticity;
Implementer(s): Carnevale, Ted [Ted.Carnevale at Yale.edu];
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/* Control and Display */

cvode_active(1)


// custom initialization
// initialize to steady state

proc init() { local dtsav, temp
  finitialize( v_init)
  t = -1e10
  dtsav = dt
  dt = 1e8
  // if cvode is on, turn it off to do large fixed step
  temp = cvode.active()
  if (temp!=0) { cvode.active(0) }
  while (t<-1e9) { fadvance() }
  // restore cvode if necessary
  if (temp!=0) { cvode.active(1) }
  dt = dtsav
  t = 0
  if (cvode.active()) {
    cvode.re_init()
  } else {
    fcurrent()
  }
  frecord_init()
}

proc onerun() { local saved_tau
  Graph[1].exec_menu("Keep Lines")
  run()
  Graph[1].exec_menu("Keep Lines")
}

proc batchrun() {
  Graph[1].exec_menu("Erase")
  for case (&gs, 12.3, 12.95, 13.13, 13.31, 13.45, 14.2) {
    setgs(gs)
    onerun()
  }
}

batchrun()

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