Fly lobular plate VS cell (Borst and Haag 1996, et al. 1997, et al. 1999)

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Accession:116956
In a series of papers the authors conducted experiments to develop understanding and models of fly visual system HS, CS, and VS neurons. This model recreates the VS neurons from those papers with enough success to merit approval by Borst although some discrepancies remain (see readme).
References:
1 . Borst A, Haag J (1996) The intrinsic electrophysiological characteristics of fly lobula plate tangential cells: I. Passive membrane properties. J Comput Neurosci 3:313-36 [PubMed]
2 . Haag J, Theunissen F, Borst A (1997) The intrinsic electrophysiological characteristics of fly lobula plate tangential cells: II. Active membrane properties. J Comput Neurosci 4:349-69 [PubMed]
3 . Haag J, Vermeulen A, Borst A (1999) The intrinsic electrophysiological characteristics of fly lobula plate tangential cells: III. Visual response properties. J Comput Neurosci 7:213-34 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Drosophila;
Cell Type(s): Fly lobular plate vertical system cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I K; I_K,Na;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Reliability; Vision;
Implementer(s): Carnevale, Ted [Ted.Carnevale at Yale.edu]; Torben-Nielsen, Ben [btorbennielsen at gmail.com];
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