Afferent Integration in the NAcb MSP Cell (Wolf et al. 2005)

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"We describe a computational model of the principal cell in the nucleus accumbens (NAcb), the medium spiny projection (MSP) neuron. The model neuron, constructed in NEURON, includes all of the known ionic currents in these cells and receives synaptic input from simulated spike trains via NMDA, AMPA, and GABAA receptors. ... results suggest that afferent information integration by the NAcb MSP cell may be compromised by pathology in which the NMDA current is altered or modulated, as has been proposed in both schizophrenia and addiction."
Reference:
1 . Wolf JA, Moyer JT, Lazarewicz MT, Contreras D, Benoit-Marand M, O'Donnell P, Finkel LH (2005) NMDA/AMPA ratio impacts state transitions and entrainment to oscillations in a computational model of the nucleus accumbens medium spiny projection neuron. J Neurosci 25:9080-95 [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): Nucleus accumbens spiny projection neuron;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I N; I T low threshold; I A; I h; I K,Ca; I Krp; I R; I Q;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Oscillations; Schizophrenia; Addiction;
Implementer(s): Wolf, John A. [johnwolf at warpmail.net]; Moyer, Jason [jtmoyer at seas.upenn.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  GabaA; AMPA; NMDA; I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I N; I T low threshold; I A; I h; I K,Ca; I Krp; I R; I Q;
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: Calcium activated K channel.
: From Moczydlowski and Latorre (1983) J. Gen. Physiol. 82
: Model 3. (Scheme R1 page 523)

UNITS {
	(molar) = (1/liter)
	(mV) =	(millivolt)
	(mA) =	(milliamp)
	(mM) =	(millimolar)
	FARADAY = (faraday)  (kilocoulombs)
	R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
}

NEURON {
	SUFFIX skkca
	USEION ca READ cai
	USEION k READ ek WRITE ik
	RANGE gkbar, ik, qfact, abar, bbar, stau
	GLOBAL oinf, tau
}

PARAMETER {
	stau = 1
	qfact = 1
	celsius_sk	= 35	(degC) : 35
	v		(mV)
	gkbar=0.175	(mho/cm2)	: Maximum Permeability
	cai		(mM) 
	ek		(mV)

	d1 = .84	      :page 527 Table II channel A
	d2 = 1.0			:our index 2 is the paper's subscript 4
	k1 = .18	(mM)
	k2 = .011	(mM)
	abar = .48	(/ms)
	bbar = .28	(/ms) :page 524. our bbar is the paper's alpha
}

ASSIGNED {
	ik		(mA/cm2)
	oinf
	tau		(ms)
}

STATE {	o }		: fraction of open channels

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
	ik = gkbar*o*(v - ek)
}

DERIVATIVE state {
	rate(v, cai)
	o' = (oinf - o)/(tau/qfact)
}

INITIAL {
	rate(v, cai)
	o = oinf
:	VERBATIM
:		printf("R = %f\n",R);
:		printf("F = %f\n",FARADAY);
:	ENDVERBATIM
}

: From R1 page 523. beta in the paper is the rate from closed to open
: and we call it alp here.

FUNCTION alp(v (mV), ca (mM)) (1/ms) { :callable from hoc
	alp = abar/(1 + exp1(k1,d1,v)/ca)
}

FUNCTION bet(v (mV), ca (mM)) (1/ms) { :callable from hoc
	bet = bbar/(1 + ca/exp1(k2,d2,v))
}

FUNCTION exp1(k (mM), d, v (mV)) (mM) { :callable from hoc
	exp1 = k*exp(-2*d*FARADAY*v/R/(273.15 + celsius_sk))
}

PROCEDURE rate(v (mV), ca (mM)) { :callable from hoc
	LOCAL a
	a = alp(v,ca)
	tau = stau/(a + bet(v, ca))
	oinf = a*tau
}


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