BCM-like synaptic plasticity with conductance-based models (Narayanan Johnston, 2010)

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Accession:147538
" ... Although the BCM-like plasticity framework has been a useful formulation to understand synaptic plasticity and metaplasticity, a mechanism for the activity-dependent regulation of this modification threshold has remained an open question. In this simulation study based on CA1 pyramidal cells, we use a modification of the calcium-dependent hypothesis proposed elsewhere and show that a change in the hyperpolarization-activated, nonspecific-cation h current is capable of shifting the modification threshold. ..."
Reference:
1 . Narayanan R, Johnston D (2010) The h current is a candidate mechanism for regulating the sliding modification threshold in a BCM-like synaptic learning rule. J Neurophysiol 104:1020-33 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Synapse; Channel/Receptor;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I A; I h; I Potassium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Active Dendrites; Synaptic Plasticity; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Narayanan, Rishikesh [rishi at iisc.ac.in];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; AMPA; NMDA; I Na,t; I A; I h; I Potassium; Glutamate;
COMMENT
Two state kinetic scheme synapse described by rise time taur,
and decay time constant taud. The normalized peak condunductance is 1.
Decay time MUST be greater than rise time.

The solution of A->G->bath with rate constants 1/taur and 1/taud is
 A = a*exp(-t/taur) and
 G = a*taud/(taud-taur)*(-exp(-t/taur) + exp(-t/taud))
	where taur < taud

If taud-taur -> 0 then we have a alphasynapse.
and if taur -> 0 then we have just single exponential decay.

The factor is evaluated in the
initial block such that an event of weight 1 generates a
peak conductance of 1.

Because the solution is a sum of exponentials, the
coupled equations can be solved as a pair of independent equations
by the more efficient cnexp method.

ENDCOMMENT

NEURON {
	POINT_PROCESS ghknmda
	USEION na WRITE ina
	USEION k WRITE ik
	USEION ca READ cai, cao WRITE ica
	
	RANGE taur, taud
	RANGE inmda

	RANGE P, mg, Pmax
	GLOBAL  mgb
}

UNITS {
	(nA) = (nanoamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(uS) = (microsiemens)
	(molar) = (1/liter)
	(mM) = (millimolar)
	FARADAY = (faraday) (coulomb)
	R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
}

PARAMETER {
	taur=5 (ms) <1e-9,1e9>
	taud = 50 (ms) <1e-9,1e9>
	cai = 100e-6(mM)	: 100nM
	cao = 2		(mM)
	nai = 18	(mM)	: Set for a reversal pot of +55mV
	nao = 140	(mM)
	ki = 140	(mM)	: Set for a reversal pot of -90mV
	ko = 5		(mM)
	celsius		(degC)
	mg = 2		(mM)
	Pmax=1e-6   (cm/s)	: According to Canavier, PNMDA's default value is
						: 1e-6 for 10uM, 1.4e-6 cm/s for 30uM of NMDA
}

ASSIGNED {
	ina     (nA)
	ik      (nA)
	ica     (nA)
	v (mV)
	P (cm/s)
	factor
	mgb	(1)
	inmda	(nA)

	Area (cm2)
}

STATE {
	A (cm/s)
	B (cm/s)
}

INITIAL {
	LOCAL tp
	if (taur/taud > .9999) {
		taur = .9999*taud
	}
	A = 0
	B = 0
	tp = (taur*taud)/(taud - taur) * log(taud/taur)
	factor = -exp(-tp/taur) + exp(-tp/taud)
	factor = 1/factor
	Area=1
}

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
	P=B-A
	mgb = mgblock(v)

: Area is just for unit conversion of ghk output

	ina = P*mgb*ghk(v, nai, nao,1)*Area	
	ica = P*10.6*mgb*ghk(v, cai, cao,2)*Area
	ik = P*mgb*ghk(v, ki, ko,1)*Area
	inmda = ica + ik + ina
}

DERIVATIVE state {
	A' = -A/taur
	B' = -B/taud
}

FUNCTION ghk(v(mV), ci(mM), co(mM),z) (0.001 coul/cm3) {
	LOCAL arg, eci, eco
	arg = (0.001)*z*FARADAY*v/(R*(celsius+273.15))
	eco = co*efun(arg)
	eci = ci*efun(-arg)
	ghk = (0.001)*z*FARADAY*(eci - eco)
}

FUNCTION efun(z) {
	if (fabs(z) < 1e-4) {
		efun = 1 - z/2
	}else{
		efun = z/(exp(z) - 1)
	}
}

FUNCTION mgblock(v(mV)) (1){
	TABLE 
	DEPEND mg
	FROM -140 TO 80 WITH 1000 

	: from Jahr & Stevens, JNS, 1990

	mgblock = 1 / (1 + exp(0.062 (/mV) * -v) * (mg / 3.57 (mM)))
}

NET_RECEIVE(weight (uS)) { 	: No use to weight, can be used instead of Pmax,
							: if you want NetCon access to the synaptic
							: conductance.
	state_discontinuity(A, A + Pmax*factor)
	state_discontinuity(B, B + Pmax*factor)
}

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