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MyFirstNEURON (Houweling, Sejnowski 1997)

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MyFirstNEURON is a NEURON demo by Arthur Houweling and Terry Sejnowski. Perform experiments from the book 'Electrophysiology of the Neuron, A Companion to Shepherd's Neurobiology, An Interactive Tutorial' by John Huguenard & David McCormick, Oxford University Press 1997, or design your own one or two cell simulation.
References:
1 . Huguenard J, McCormick DA, Shepherd GM (1997) Electrophysiology of the Neuron, A Companion to Shepherd's Neurobiology, An Interactive Tutorial. Electrophysiology of the Neuron
2 . Houweling AR, Sejnowski TJ (1997) Personal communication from Arthur Houweling.
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:
Cell Type(s):
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I K,Ca; I CAN; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; GabaB; AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Activity Patterns; Bursting; Ion Channel Kinetics; Temporal Pattern Generation; Oscillations; Parameter Fitting; Detailed Neuronal Models; Tutorial/Teaching; Action Potentials; Sleep; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Houweling, Arthur [Arthur at Salk.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  GabaA; GabaB; AMPA; NMDA; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I K,Ca; I CAN; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium;
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TITLE passive sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride and magnesium channels

COMMENT
        Assembled for MyFirstNEURON by Arthur Houweling
ENDCOMMENT

INDEPENDENT { t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms) }

UNITS {
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mM) = (milli/liter)
        FARADAY = 96480 (coul)
        R       = 8.314 (volt-coul/degC)
}

NEURON {
	SUFFIX leak
	USEION na READ nai,nao WRITE ina
	USEION k READ ki,ko WRITE ik
	USEION ca READ cai,cao WRITE ica
        USEION cl READ cli,clo WRITE icl VALENCE 1 
	: negative valence not accepted
	: if 'ecl' is needed in a MOD-file use '-ecl' instead
        USEION mg READ mgi,mgo WRITE img VALENCE 2
	RANGE pna,pk,pca,pcl,pmg,ina,ik,ica,icl,img
}

PARAMETER {
	v		(mV)	
        celsius		(degC)
	nai		(mM)
	nao		(mM)
	pna= 2.07e-7	(cm/s)
        ki      	(mM)
        ko      	(mM)
        pk= 3.45e-6	(cm/s)
        cai     	(mM)
        cao     	(mM)
        pca= 0		(cm/s)
        cli     	(mM)
        clo     	(mM)
        pcl= 0		(cm/s)
        mgi     	(mM)
        mgo     	(mM)
        pmg= 0		(cm/s)
}

ASSIGNED {
	ina	(mA/cm2)
	ik      (mA/cm2)
	ica	(mA/cm2)
        icl     (mA/cm2)
	img	(mA/cm2)
}

BREAKPOINT {
	ina = pna * ghk(v,nai,nao,1)
        ik = pk * ghk(v,ki,ko,1)
        ica = pca * ghk(v,cai,cao,2)
        icl = pcl * ghk(v,cli,clo,-1)
        img = pmg * ghk(v,mgi,mgo,2)
}

FUNCTION ghk( v(mV), ci(mM), co(mM), z)  (millicoul/cm3) { LOCAL e, w
        w = v * (.001) * z*FARADAY / (R*(celsius+273.16))
        if (fabs(w)>1e-4) 
          { e = w / (exp(w)-1) }
        else 
	: denominator is small -> Taylor series
          { e = 1-w/2 }
        ghk = - (.001) * z*FARADAY * (co-ci*exp(w)) * e
}


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