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A fast model of voltage-dependent NMDA Receptors (Moradi et al. 2013)

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These are two or triple-exponential models of the voltage-dependent NMDA receptors. Conductance of these receptors increase voltage-dependently with a "Hodgkin and Huxley-type" gating style that is also depending on glutamate-binding. Time course of the gating of these receptors in response to glutamate are also changing voltage-dependently. Temperature sensitivity and desensitization of these receptor are also taken into account. Three previous kinetic models that are able to simulate the voltage-dependence of the NMDARs are also imported to the NMODL. These models are not temperature sensitive. These models are compatible with the "event delivery system" of NEURON. Parameters that are reported in our paper are applicable to CA1 pyramidal cell dendrites.
Reference:
1 . Moradi K, Moradi K, Ganjkhani M, Hajihasani M, Gharibzadeh S, Kaka G (2013) A fast model of voltage-dependent NMDA receptors. J Comput Neurosci 34:521-31 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Synapse;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex; Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s):
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): NMDA; Glutamate;
Gene(s): NR2B GRIN2B;
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Ion Channel Kinetics; Simplified Models; Long-term Synaptic Plasticity; Methods;
Implementer(s): Moradi, Keivan [k.moradi at gmail.com];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; NMDA; Glutamate; Glutamate;
TITLE detailed model of glutamate NMDA receptors

COMMENT
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This is special version of the model that resets itself after 590 ms
from the start of simulation
some of its rate constants are re-estimated by cure fitting --> CA1 pyramidal cells
Binding rate constant is set to be similar to the NMDA16 model

	Kinetic model of NMDA receptors
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	10-state gating model:
	Vargas-Caballero & Robinson 2004, J Neurosci. 24(27):6171-6180

                   D                 DB
		           |                 |
    C0  -- C1  -- C2  -- O -- OB -- CB2 -- CB1 -- CB0

  Voltage dependence of Mg2+ block and slow voltage dependent unblok:
  Vargas-Caballero & Robinson, 2004, J. Neurosci. 24(27):6171-6180
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  Based on voltage-clamp recordings of NMDA receptor-mediated currents in rat
  hippocampal slices (Vargas-Caballero & Robinson 2003 J Neurophysiol 89: 2778-2783), this model 
  was fit directly to experimental recordings in order to obtain the optimal
  values for the parameters (see Vargas-Caballero & Robinson 2004, J. Neurosci. 24(27):6171-6180).

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  See details in:

  Destexhe, A., Mainen, Z.F. and Sejnowski, T.J.  Kinetic models of 
  synaptic transmission.  In: Methods in Neuronal Modeling (2nd edition; 
  edited by Koch, C. and Segev, I.), MIT press, Cambridge, 1998, pp 1-25.

  (electronic copy available at http://cns.iaf.cnrs-gif.fr)


  Written by Alain Destexhe and Zach Mainen, 1995
  
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  These modifications are made by Keivan Moradi 2007 & 2012:
  - Release process modeled with an internal alpha function in order to make it compatible 
  with NetCon onbject, and therefore does not require an external release mechanism.

  - Unit of g changed from pS to uS to make the synaptic weights compatible with 
	NEURON's internal methods of modeling synapses (e.x. exp2syn)
	
  - gmax is set to 50 Johnson & Ascher, 1990
  
  - Rate constants are corrected to be like the original article
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ENDCOMMENT

INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}

NEURON {
	POINT_PROCESS NMDA10_2_2
	RANGE C0, C1, C2, D, O, CB0, CB1, CB2, DB, OB
	RANGE g, gmax, rb, RMgB, RMgU, Rd, Rr, Ro, Rc, Rb, Ru
	RANGE T_max, T, tau, tRel, Erev, synon
	GLOBAL mg
	NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
}

UNITS {
	(nA) = (nanoamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(pS) = (picosiemens)
	(uS) = (microsiemens)
	(umho) = (micromho)
	(mM) = (milli/liter)
	(uM) = (micro/liter)
}

PARAMETER {

	Erev = -0.7	(mV)	: reversal potential
	gmax = 50	(pS)	: maximal conductance
	mg	 = 1	(mM)	: external magnesium concentration
	
: Rates
	Rb	= 2.83		(/mM /ms)	: binding 		
	Ru	= 38.1e-3  	(/ms)		: unbinding		
	Rd	= 4.7161   	(/ms)		: desensitization
	Rr	= 0.16116  	(/ms)		: resensitization 
	Ro	= 0.099631	(/ms)		: opening
	Rc	= 0.056999	(/ms)		: closing	
	
	: alpha function formalism
	tau  = .3 (ms) <1e-9,1e9>
	T_max = 1.5 (mM)			: maximum concentration of neurotransmitter
}

ASSIGNED {
	v		(mV)		: postsynaptic voltage
	i 		(nA)		: current = g*(v - Erev)
	g 		(uS)		: conductance

	rb		(/ms)		: binding
	RMgB	(/ms)
	RMgU	(/ms)
	
	T		(mM)		: neurotransmiter concentration in the cleft
	tRel	(ms)		: spiking time of the presynaptic cell
	synon				: turns the synapse on or Off	(0 = off) (1 = on)
	w					: weight of synapse
}

STATE {
	: Channel states (all fractions)
	C0		: unbound
	C1		: single bound
	C2		: double bound
	D		: desensitized
	O		: open
	CB0		: Blocked unbound
	CB1		: Blocked single bound
	CB2		: Blocked double bound
	DB		: Blocked desensitized
	OB		: Blocked open
}

INITIAL {
	T = 0
	synon = 0
	tRel = 0
	
	rates(v)
	C0	= 1
	C1	= 0
	C2	= 0
	D	= 0
	O	= 0
	CB0	= 0
	CB1	= 0
	CB2	= 0
	DB	= 0
	OB	= 0
	
	net_send(590, 1)
}

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE kstates METHOD sparse

	g = w * gmax * O
	i = g * (v - Erev)
}

KINETIC kstates {	
	release(t)
	
	rb = Rb * T 

	rates(v)

	~ C0  <-> C1	((2 * rb),Ru)
	~ C1  <-> C2	(rb,(2 * Ru))
	~ C2  <-> D		(Rd,Rr)
	~ C2  <-> O		(Ro,Rc)
	~ O   <-> OB	(RMgB,RMgU)
	~ OB  <-> CB2	((3*Rc),Ro)
	~ CB2 <-> DB	(Rd,Rr)
	~ CB2 <-> CB1	((2 * Ru),rb)
	~ CB1 <-> CB0	(Ru,(2 * rb))

	CONSERVE C0+C1+C2+D+O+CB0+CB1+CB2+DB+OB = 1
}

NET_RECEIVE(weight) {
	if (flag == 0) {
		tRel = t	: resets the alpha function
		synon = 1	: turns the synapse on. 
					: The alpha function does not require to turn off the synase
		w = weight
	}
	if (flag == 1) {
	: this reseting part is temporarily used to fit both recordings at the same time
		C0	= 1
		C1	= 0
		C2	= 0
		D	= 0
		O	= 0
		CB0	= 0
		CB1	= 0
		CB2	= 0
		DB	= 0
		OB	= 0
	}
}
PROCEDURE release(t(ms)) {
	T = T_max * (t - tRel) / tau * exp(1 - (t - tRel) / tau) * synon
	: VERBATIM
	: return 0;
	: ENDVERBATIM
}

PROCEDURE rates(v(mV)) {
	RMgB = 610e-3 * exp(1 (/mV) * -v / 17) * (mg / 1 (mM)) * 1 (/ms)	: Magnesium Blocking
	RMgU = 5400e-3 * exp(1 (/mV) * v / 47) * 1 (/ms)					: Magnesium Unblocking
}

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