Mathematical model for windup (Aguiar et al. 2010)

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Accession:128559
"Windup is characterized as a frequency-dependent increase in the number of evoked action potentials in dorsal horn neurons in response to electrical stimulation of afferent C-fibers. ... The approach presented here relies on mathematical and computational analysis to study the mechanism(s) underlying windup. From experimentally obtained windup profiles, we extract the time scale of the facilitation mechanisms that may support the characteristics of windup. Guided by these values and using simulations of a biologically realistic compartmental model of a wide dynamic range (WDR) neuron, we are able to assess the contribution of each mechanism for the generation of action potentials windup. ..."
Reference:
1 . Aguiar P, Sousa M, Lima D (2010) NMDA channels together with L-type calcium currents and calcium-activated nonspecific cationic currents are sufficient to generate windup in WDR neurons. J Neurophysiol 104:1155-66 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Wide dynamic range neuron;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I N; I K; I K,Ca;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; AMPA; NMDA;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON; MATLAB;
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Action Potentials;
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