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Multiplexed coding in Purkinje neuron dendrites (Zang and De Schutter 2021)

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Accession:266864
Neuronal firing patterns are crucial to underpin circuit level behaviors. In cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs), both spike rates and pauses are used for behavioral coding, but the cellular mechanisms causing code transitions remain unknown. We use a well-validated PC model to explore the coding strategy that individual PCs use to process parallel fiber (PF) inputs. We find increasing input intensity shifts PCs from linear rate-coders to burst-pause timing-coders by triggering localized dendritic spikes. We validate dendritic spike properties with experimental data, elucidate spiking mechanisms, and predict spiking thresholds with and without inhibition. Both linear and burst-pause computations use individual branches as computational units, which challenges the traditional view of PCs as linear point neurons. Dendritic spike thresholds can be regulated by voltage state, compartmentalized channel modulation, between-branch interaction and synaptic inhibition to expand the dynamic range of linear computation or burst-pause computation. In addition, co-activated PF inputs between branches can modify somatic maximum spike rates and pause durations to make them carry analogue signals. Our results provide new insights into the strategies used by individual neurons to expand their capacity of information processing.
Reference:
1 . Zang Y, De Schutter E (2021) The Cellular Electrophysiological Properties Underlying Multiplexed Coding in Purkinje Cells. J Neurosci [PubMed]
Model Information (Click on a link to find other models with that property)
Model Type: Dendrite; Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Cerebellum;
Cell Type(s): Cerebellum Purkinje GABA cell;
Channel(s): I T low threshold; I Na,p; I h; I Potassium; I Sodium; I p,q; I K,Ca;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Dendritic Action Potentials; Detailed Neuronal Models; Synaptic Integration; Temporal Coding; Reaction-diffusion;
Implementer(s): Zang, Yunliang ;
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Cerebellum Purkinje GABA cell; I Na,p; I T low threshold; I p,q; I h; I K,Ca; I Sodium; I Potassium;
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purkinje_pf_source_code
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: Ca-dependent K channels (BK) - alphabeta4 and alpha
: Bin Wang, Robert Brenner, and David Jaffe - Originally written May 27, 2010
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: June 1, 2010 - added double exponential function for voltage-dependent activation 
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: July 3, 2010 - changed voltage-dependence for the two channels based on revised data
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: April 2, 2011 - adjusted parameters based on updated Bin data
: modified by Yunliang October 19th, 2015
: Notice that the experiments are done under room temperature after checking with David Jaffe!!!!
: However, to make slow component function during the ISI, here the Q10 correction is not included.
NEURON {
	SUFFIX abBK
	USEION ca READ cai
	USEION k READ ek WRITE ik
	RANGE gabkbar,gabk, ik
:	THREADSAFE
}

UNITS {
	(molar) = (1/liter)
	(mM) = (millimolar)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(S) = (siemens)

}
CONSTANT {
    q10 = 3
}

PARAMETER {
	gabkbar = .01	(S/cm2)	: maximum permeability - alphabeta
    cai (mM)
    base = 1  	(mV)	: alphabeta4 base time constant
}

ASSIGNED {
	v		(mV)
	ek		(mV)
	ik		(mA/cm2)
    gabk		(S/cm2)
    abinf		(mV)
    abtau		(ms)
    qt
}

STATE { ab }

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
	gabk = gabkbar*ab
	ik = (gabk)*(v - ek)
}

DERIVATIVE state {	: exact when v held constant; integrates over dt step
	rates(v, cai)				      
	ab' = (abinf-ab)/abtau
}

INITIAL {
    qt = q10^((celsius-34 (degC))/10 (degC))
	rates(v, cai)
	ab = abinf
}

: alpha-beta4 channel properties


FUNCTION shiftab(cai (mM))  {
	shiftab = 25 - 55.7 + 136.9*exp(-.28*cai*1e3)
}


FUNCTION peakab(cai (mM))  {
	peakab = 13.7 + 234*exp(-.72*cai*1e3)
}

: Double sigmoid function for tau voltage-dependence


FUNCTION taufunc(v (mV)) {
	 taufunc = 1 / (          (10*(exp(-v/63.6) + exp (-(150-v)/63.6)))  - 5.2                  )
	 if (taufunc <= 0.2) {	  : stop the function between 0.2 and 1
	    taufunc = 0.2
	 }

}

PROCEDURE rates(v (mV), cai (mM)) {
	  LOCAL range, vv

	  : alpha-beta4 model

	  abinf = -56.449 + 104.52*exp(-.22964*cai*1e3) + 295.68*exp(-2.1571*cai*1e3)

	  abinf = 1/(1+exp((abinf-v)/(25/1.6)))

	  vv = v + 100 - shiftab(cai)
	  abtau = taufunc(vv)
	  range = peakab(cai)-base
	  abtau = ((range*((abtau-.2)/.8)) + base)/qt*2*2

}

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