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Infraslow intrinsic rhythmogenesis in a subset of AOB projection neurons (Gorin et al 2016)

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Accession:217783
We investigated patterns of spontaneous neuronal activity in mouse accessory olfactory bulb mitral cells, the direct neural link between vomeronasal sensory input and limbic output. Both in vitro and in vivo, we identify a subpopulation of mitral cells that exhibit slow stereotypical rhythmic discharge. In intrinsically rhythmogenic neurons, these periodic activity patterns are maintained in absence of fast synaptic drive. The physiological mechanism underlying mitral cell autorhythmicity involves cyclic activation of three interdependent ionic conductances: subthreshold persistent Na(+) current, R-type Ca(2+) current, and Ca(2+)-activated big conductance K(+) current. Together, the interplay of these distinct conductances triggers infraslow intrinsic oscillations with remarkable periodicity, a default output state likely to affect sensory processing in limbic circuits. The model reproduces the intrinsic firing in a reconstructed single AOB mitral cell with ion channels kinetics fitted to experimental measurements of their steady state and time course.
Reference:
1 . Gorin M, Tsitoura C, Kahan A, Watznauer K, Drose DR, Arts M, Mathar R, O'Connor S, Hanganu-Opatz IL, Ben-Shaul Y, Spehr M (2016) Interdependent Conductances Drive Infraslow Intrinsic Rhythmogenesis in a Subset of Accessory Olfactory Bulb Projection Neurons. J Neurosci 36:3127-44 [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: Olfactory bulb;
Cell Type(s): Olfactory bulb (accessory) mitral cell;
Channel(s): I Potassium; I Na,p; I Calcium; I Na,t; I K,Ca; I A; I K; I R;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Sensory processing; Oscillations; Olfaction;
Implementer(s): O'Connor, Simon [simon.oconnor at btinternet.com];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  I Na,p; I Na,t; I A; I K; I K,Ca; I Calcium; I Potassium; I R;
//  ******************************************************
// 
//     File generated by: neuroConstruct v1.7.1
// 
//  ******************************************************

{load_file("nrngui.hoc")}

//  Initialising stopwatch for timing setup

{startsw()}

print ""
print "*****************************************************"
print ""
print "    neuroConstruct generated NEURON simulation "
print "    for project: /home/Simon/NML2_Test/iAMC_Fig10H2T/AOB_MC_neuroConstruct/AOB_MC_neuroConstruct.ncx "
print ""
print "    Description: "
print ""
print "    Simulation Configuration: SimConfig: Default Simulation Configuration "
print "    This is the default configuration of the Cell Groups, stimulations, plots, etc for this project "
print " "
print  "*****************************************************"

strdef pwd
{system("pwd", pwd)}
print ""
print "Current working dir: ", pwd

objectvar allCells
{allCells = new List()}


//  A flag to signal simulation was generated by neuroConstruct 

{nC = 1}


//  Getting hostname

objref strFuncs
{strFuncs = new StringFunctions()}
strdef host
{system("hostname", host)}
if (strFuncs.len(host)>0) {
    strFuncs.left(host, strFuncs.len(host)-1) 
} else {
    host = "????" 
}


//  Simulation running in serial mode, setting default host id

{hostid = 0}


//  Initializes random-number generator

{use_mcell_ran4(1)}

{mcell_ran4_init(1527574422)}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Cell group 0: CellGroup_0 has cells of type: iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


//  Adding cell template file: iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii.hoc for cell group CellGroup_0

{ load_file("iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii.hoc") }

//  Adding 1 cells of type iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii in region Regions_1

{n_CellGroup_0 = 1}

{n_CellGroup_0_local = 0 } // actual number created on this host

objectvar a_CellGroup_0[n_CellGroup_0]

proc addCell_CellGroup_0() {
    strdef reference
    sprint(reference, "CellGroup_0_%d", $1)
    a_CellGroup_0[$1] = new iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii(reference, "iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii", "This is an AOB mitral cell that exhibited intrinsic oscillations  reconstructed using Imaris confocal microscope software by Katja Watznauer  cell split from iMC1 as:  iMC1_cell_1  Imaris exported file name:  130918_MC_labelled_slice1_oscillating_MC_d1.ims.hoc")
    allCells.append(a_CellGroup_0[$1])
}

for i = 0, n_CellGroup_0-1 {
    addCell_CellGroup_0(i)
    n_CellGroup_0_local = n_CellGroup_0_local +1 

}


//  Placing these cells in a region described by: Rectangular Box from point: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) to (120.0, 50.0, 120.0)


//  Packing has been generated by: Random: num: 1, edge: 1, overlap: 1, other overlap: 1

{a_CellGroup_0[0].position(17.5072,15.2056875,34.3969)}






//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Setting initial parameters
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

strdef simConfig
{simConfig = "Default Simulation Configuration"}
{celsius = 35.0}


//      Note: the following values are from IonProperties in Cell


proc initialiseValues0() {


//  Setting initial vals in cell group: CellGroup_0 which has 1 cells


//  Giving all cells an initial potential of: -74.1

    for i = 0, n_CellGroup_0-1 {
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].all  v = -74.1

    }

}

objref fih0
{fih0 = new FInitializeHandler(0, "initialiseValues0()")}


proc initialiseValues1() {

    for i = 0, n_CellGroup_0-1 {
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].soma_group { eca = 80.0}
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].dendrite_group { eca = 80.0}
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].soma_group {
            cai = 7.55E-5
            cao = 2.4
        }
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].dendrite_group {
            cai = 7.55E-5
            cao = 2.4
        }
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].all { ena = 67.0}
        forsec a_CellGroup_0[i].all { ek = -86.5}
    }

}

objref fih1
{fih1 = new FInitializeHandler(1, "initialiseValues1()")}



//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Adding Network Connections
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Adding 0 stimulation(s)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


access iMitral_cell_Fig_10Hii[0].filament_100000001_0

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Settings for running the demo
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


tstop = 60000.0
dt = 0.025
steps_per_ms = 40.0

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Adding 1 plot(s)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


//   This code pops up a plot of a_CellGroup_0[0].filament_100000001_0.v(0.04017303)

objref CellGroup_0_v
CellGroup_0_v = new Graph(0)
{CellGroup_0_v.size(0, tstop,-90.0,50.0)}
{CellGroup_0_v.view(0, -90.0, tstop, 140.0, 80, 330, 330, 250)}
{
    CellGroup_0_v.addexpr("a_CellGroup_0[0].filament_100000001_0.v", "a_CellGroup_0[0].filament_100000001_0.v(0.04017303)", 1, 1, 0.8, 0.9, 2)
    graphList[0].append(CellGroup_0_v)
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   This will run a full simulation of 2400001 steps when the hoc file is executed
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


//  Recording 0 variable(s)

objref v_time
objref f_time
objref propsFile

//  Single simulation run...

strdef date
// Note: not showing date/time of start/stop of simulation. This requires Cygwin to be installed// which includes the "date" unix command. Install under c:\cygwin

setuptime = stopsw()

print "Setup time for simulation: ",setuptime," seconds"


{currenttime = startsw()}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//   Main run statement
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

{run()}

{realruntime = startsw() - currenttime}
print "Finished simulation in ", realruntime ,"seconds"


//   This code pops up a simple Run Control

{
xpanel("RunControl", 0)
v_init = -60.0
xbutton("Init & Run","run()")
xbutton("Stop","stoprun=1")
t = 0
xvalue("t","t", 2 )
tstop = 60000.0
xvalue("Tstop","tstop", 1,"tstop_changed()", 0, 1 )
dt = 0.025
 xvalue("dt","dt", 1,"setdt()", 0, 1 )
xpanel(80,80)
}


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