Medial vestibular neuron models (Quadroni and Knopfel 1994)

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Accession:53876
The structure and the parameters of the model cells were chosen to reproduce the responses of type A and type B MVNns as described in electrophysiological recordings. The emergence of oscillatory firing under these two specific experimental conditions is consistent with electrophysiological recordings not used during construction of the model. We, therefore, suggest that these models have a high predictive value.
Reference:
1 . Quadroni R, Knöpfel T (1994) Compartmental models of type A and type B guinea pig medial vestibular neurons. J Neurophysiol 72:1911-24 [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): Vestibular neuron;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I h;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Oscillations; Action Potentials; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Morse, Tom [Tom.Morse at Yale.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  NMDA; I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I h;
COMMENT
This file, hva.mod, implements the high voltage activated calcium current gCa(HVA)
Quadroni and Knopfel 1994 table 1
ENDCOMMENT

NEURON {
	SUFFIX hva
	:	NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
	USEION ca WRITE  ica
	RANGE i, Erev, gbar
}

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

PARAMETER {
	gbar = 1110e-6	(S/cm2) < 0, 1e9 >
	Erev = 80 (mV)
}

ASSIGNED {
	ica (mA/cm2)
	i (mA/cm2)
	v (mV)
	g (S/cm2)
	sinf
	rinf
	tau_s (ms)
	tau_r (ms)
}

STATE {	s r }

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	g = gbar * s*s * r
	ica = g * (v - Erev)
	i = ica	: supplied for diagnostic graphing
}

INITIAL {
	: assume that v has been constant for a long time
	s = alphas(v)/(alphas(v) + betas(v))
	r = alphar(v)/(alphar(v) + betar(v))
}

DERIVATIVE states {
	rates(v)
	s' = (sinf - s)/tau_s
	r' = (rinf - r)/tau_r
}

LOCAL alpha_r, alpha_s	: stores value to save a couple of function calls

FUNCTION alphas(Vm (mV)) (/ms) {
	UNITSOFF
	alphas = 2.0 /(1 + exp(-(Vm + 2.0)* 0.054))
	UNITSON
}

FUNCTION betas(Vm (mV)) (/ms) {
	UNITSOFF
	betas =  -0.08 * (Vm + 15.9) / (1 - exp( (Vm + 15.9)*0.2 ))
	UNITSON
}

FUNCTION taus(Vm (mV)) (/ms) {
	UNITSOFF
	taus = 1.0 / (alpha_s + betas(Vm))	: taus only called from rates
	UNITSON
}

FUNCTION alphar(Vm (mV)) (/ms) {
	UNITSOFF
	alphar = 0.01 * exp( -(Vm + 60)/20 )
	if (alphar > 0.01) {
		alphar = 0.01
	}
	UNITSON
}

FUNCTION betar(Vm (mV)) (/ms) {
	UNITSOFF
	betar =  0.01 - alphar(Vm)
	UNITSON
}

FUNCTION taur(Vm (mV)) (/ms) {
	UNITSOFF
	taur = 1.0 / (alpha_r + betar(Vm))	: taur only called from rates
	UNITSON
}

::::: special warning - if any of the above rate functions are desired to be
::::: called from hoc, the rates function below needs to be called first each
::::: time to set the alpha_r, and alpha_s variables.

PROCEDURE rates(Vm (mV)) {
	alpha_s = alphas(Vm)
	tau_s = taus(Vm)
	sinf = alphas(Vm) * tau_s

	alpha_r = alphar(Vm)
	tau_r = taur(Vm)
	rinf = alpha_r * tau_r
}

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