Caffeine-induced electrical oscillations in Aplysia neurons (Komendantov, Kononenko 2000)

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It has been found that in cultured Aplysia neurons bath applications of 40 mM cafffeine evokes oscillations of the membrane potential with about a 40 mV amplitude with a frequency of 0.2 to 0.5 Hz. The most probable mechanism of these caffeine-induced oscillations is inhibition of voltage-activated outward potassium current and, as can be seen from our mathematical modeling, slowdown of inactivation of inward sodium current. It seems likely that these oscillations have a purely membrane origin. Please see paper for results and details.
Reference:
1 . Komendantov AO, Kononenko NI (2000) Caffeine-induced oscillations of the membrane potential in Aplysia Neurons. Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology 32:102-111
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Aplysia cultured neuron;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I K;
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Simulation Environment: SNNAP;
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Bursting; Oscillations; Action Potentials; Invertebrate;
Implementer(s): Komendantov, Alexander O [akomenda at tulane.edu]; Kononenko, Nikolai I [nik137 at lamar.colostate.edu];
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A:		> 	Activation function (time constant method)	>
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>				>					>
>	1			>	A = ssA			(1)	>
>				>					>
>------------------------------->--------------------------------------->
	2			>	        ssA - A			>
	-1	>IV<		>	dA/dt= ------------	(2)	>
				>	           tA			>
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ssA:		> 	Steady state value for activation		>
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	1		>			1			       >
        2.0    >h<	>	ssA = --------------------		(1)    >
       11.0    >s<	>		+-	     -+ p		       >
	1      >p<	>		|     (h-V)/s |			       >
			>		|1 + e        |			       >
			>		+-	     -+			       >
			>						       >
>----------------------->------------------------------------------------------>
>	2		>		   1 - An			       >
>	0.0001	>An<	>	ssA = -------------------- + An		       >
>	0.0002	>h<	>		+-	     -+ p		       >
>	0.0003	>s<	>		|     (h-V)/s |			(2)    >
>	0.00004	>p<	>		|1 + e        |			       >
>			>		+-	     -+			       >
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>			>						       >
>	1		> tA = tx					    (1)>
>	0.00	>tx<	>						       >
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>	2		>	  tx -tn				       >
>    0.000      >tx<	> tA = -------------------- + tn	            (2)>
>    0.000      >tn<	>	+-	     -+ p			       >
>    0.0         >h<	>	|     (V-h)/s |				       >
>    0.0         >s<	>	|1 + e        |				       >
>    1	         >p<	>	+-	     -+				       >
>			>						       >
>----------------------->------------------------------------------------------>
	3		>	 		tx -tn			       >
	0.145	>tx<	> tA = ----------------------------------- + tn     (3)>
	0.0	>tn<	>	+-	     -+p1 +-	       -+p2	       >
       -0.4	>h1<	>	|   (V-h1)/s1 |	  |   (V-h2)/s2 |	       >
       12.6	>s1<	>	|1+e          |	  |1+e          |	       >
	1	>p1<	>	+-	     -+	  +-	       -+	       >
      -23.0	>h2<	>						       >
      -13.0	>s2<	>						       >
	1	>p2<	>						       >
>----------------------->------------------------------------------------------>
>			>	  +--			      -+	       >
>	4		>	  |   1 - rtn		       |	       >
>	xxx.xx	>tx<	> tA = tx | -------------------- + rtn |            (4)>
>	xxx.xx	>rtn<	>	  | +-	          -+ p	       |	       >
>	xxx.xx	>h<	>	  | |     (V-h)/s  |	       |	       >
>	xxx.xx	>s<	>	  | |1 + e         |	       |	       >
>	x	>p<	>	  | +-	          -+           |	       >
>			>	  +-- 			      -+	       >
>			>						       >
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>			>	+--			                --+    >
>	5		>	| 	1 - rtn		                  |    >
>	xxx.xx	>tx<	> tA=tx | ---------------------------------- +rtn | (5)>
>	xxx.xx	>rtn<	>	| +-	      -+p1+-	      -+p2        |    >
>	xxx.xx	>h1<	>	| |   (V-h1)/s1|  |   (V-h2)/s2|          |    >
>	xxx.xx	>s1<	>	| |1+e         |  |1+e         |          |    >
>	x	>p1<	>	| +-	      -+  +-	      -+          |    >
>	xxx.xx	>h2<	>	+-- 			   	        --+    >
>	xx.xx	>s2<	>						       >
>	x	>p2<	>						       >
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