CA1 pyramidal neuron to study INaP properties and repetitive firing (Uebachs et al. 2010)

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Accession:125152
A model of a CA1 pyramidal neuron containing a biophysically realistic morphology and 15 distributed voltage and Ca2+-dependent conductances. Repetitive firing is modulated by maximal conductance and the voltage dependence of the persistent Na+ current (INaP).
Reference:
1 . Uebachs M, Opitz T, Royeck M, Dickhof G, Horstmann MT, Isom LL, Beck H (2010) Efficacy loss of the anticonvulsant carbamazepine in mice lacking sodium channel beta subunits via paradoxical effects on persistent sodium currents. J Neurosci 30:8489-501 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I p,q; I A; I K,leak; I M; I K,Ca; I CAN; I Calcium; ATP-senstive potassium current;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Detailed Neuronal Models; Epilepsy;
Implementer(s): Horstmann, Marie-Therese [mhorstma at uni-bonn.de];
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INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}

NEURON {
	SUFFIX cadyn
	USEION ca READ ica, cai WRITE cai
	RANGE depth,cainf,taur
}

UNITS {
	(molar) = (1/liter)			: moles do not appear in units
	(mM)	= (millimolar)
	(um)	= (micron)
	(mA)	= (milliamp)
	(msM)	= (ms mM)
}

CONSTANT {
	FARADAY = 96489		(coul)		: moles do not appear in units
}

PARAMETER {
	depth	= 1	(um)		: depth of shell
	taur	= 100	(ms)		
	cainf	= 1e-4 (mM)
}

STATE {
	cai		(mM) 
}

INITIAL {
	cai = cainf
}

ASSIGNED {
	ica		(mA/cm2)
	drive_channel	(mM/ms)
}
	
BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
}

DERIVATIVE state { 
	drive_channel =  - (10000)  * ica / (FARADAY * depth)

	cai' = drive_channel + (cainf-cai)/taur
}


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