Spontaneous firing caused by stochastic channel gating (Chow, White 1996)

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Accession:50391
NEURON implementation of model of stochastic channel gating, resulting in spontaneous firing. Qualitatively reproduces the phenomena described in the reference.
Reference:
1 . Chow CC, White JA (1996) Spontaneous action potentials due to channel fluctuations. Biophys J 71:3013-21 [PubMed]
Model Information (Click on a link to find other models with that property)
Model Type: Channel/Receptor;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s):
Channel(s): I K; I Sodium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Activity Patterns; Ion Channel Kinetics; Temporal Pattern Generation; Axonal Action Potentials; Action Potentials;
Implementer(s): Carnevale, Ted [Ted.Carnevale at Yale.edu]; Donnelly, David [david.donnelly at yale.edu];
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objectvar save_window_, rvp_
objectvar scene_vector_[5]
objectvar ocbox_, ocbox_list_, scene_, scene_list_
{ocbox_list_ = new List()  scene_list_ = new List()}
{
xpanel("RunControl", 0)
v_init = -65
xvalue("Init","v_init", 1,"stdinit()", 1, 1 )
xbutton("Init & Run","run()")
xbutton("Stop","stoprun=1")
runStopAt = 5
xvalue("Continue til","runStopAt", 1,"{continuerun(runStopAt) stoprun=1}", 1, 1 )
runStopIn = 1
xvalue("Continue for","runStopIn", 1,"{continuerun(t + runStopIn) stoprun=1}", 1, 1 )
xbutton("Single Step","steprun()")
t = 0
xvalue("t","t", 2 )
tstop = 1000
xvalue("Tstop","tstop", 1,"tstop_changed()", 0, 1 )
dt = 0.025
xvalue("dt","dt", 1,"setdt()", 0, 1 )
steps_per_ms = 40
xvalue("Points plotted/ms","steps_per_ms", 1,"setdt()", 0, 1 )
xcheckbox("Quiet",&stdrun_quiet,"")
realtime = 0
xvalue("Real Time","realtime", 0,"", 0, 1 )
xpanel(431,0)
}
{
save_window_ = new Graph(0)
save_window_.size(0,1000,-80,40)
scene_vector_[4] = save_window_
{save_window_.view(0, -80, 1000, 120, 725, 127, 300.48, 200.32)}
graphList[0].append(save_window_)
save_window_.save_name("graphList[0].")
save_window_.addexpr("v(.5)", 1, 1, 0.8, 0.9, 2)
}
objectvar scene_vector_[1]
{doNotify()}

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