function facilitation_freq % ======================================================================== % This file is part of the Supplemental Codes of the manuscript % entitled "A Kinetic Model Unifying Presynaptic Short-Term Facilitation % and Depression" accepted by Journal of Compuational Neuroscience. % (Manucript No. #JCNS583R2). % Authors: Chuang-Chung J. Lee, Mihai Anton, Chi-Sang Poon, Gregory McRae % % Created by Chuang-Chung J. Lee % Created in Oct. '07. % Latest modified in Oct. '08. % ======================================================================== % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ % This function calculates the steady state frequency response of % synapses under facilitation and plots both experimental & simulated % results. The Probability of release and Ratio of realeasable vehsicle % resposes are also output. % Equations used: Eq. (8) - (11) % Experimental Data source: Dittman, J. S. et al. (2000) Interplay between % facilitation, depression, and residual calcium at three presynaptic % terminals. J. Neurosci. 20:1374-1385. % Output: Figure 3A and 3B. Facilitation in the rat parallel fiber to % Purkinje cell synapse. A, The frequency response of EPSC. Data are shown % as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). B, The frequency response of % vesicle ratio and release probability by model. % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ % -----------Plot the experimental frequency response first--------------- close all freq_ex=[1 3 10 20 50]; EPSCss_norm=[1.11 1.44 2.28 2.87 4.06]; EPSCss_std=[0.07 0.13 0.25 0.20 0.14]; semilogx(freq_ex, EPSCss_norm,'ko', 'Markersize', 4,'MarkerFaceColor','k') axis([0.1 100 0 6]) hold on errorbar(freq_ex(1), EPSCss_norm(1), EPSCss_std(1),'k-','LineWidth',1.2) errorbar(freq_ex(2), EPSCss_norm(2), EPSCss_std(2),'k-','LineWidth',1.2) errorbar(freq_ex(3), EPSCss_norm(3), EPSCss_std(3),'k-','LineWidth',1.2) errorbar(freq_ex(4), EPSCss_norm(4), EPSCss_std(4),'k-','LineWidth',1.2) errorbar(freq_ex(5), EPSCss_norm(5), EPSCss_std(5),'k-','LineWidth',1.2) hold on plot(freq_ex,EPSCss_norm+EPSCss_std,'k+','MarkerSize',6) plot(freq_ex,EPSCss_norm-EPSCss_std,'k+','MarkerSize',6) hold on plot(freq_ex,EPSCss_norm+EPSCss_std+0.14,'s', 'MarkerFaceColor','w','MarkerEdgeColor','w'); plot(freq_ex,EPSCss_norm-EPSCss_std-0.14,'s', 'MarkerFaceColor','w','MarkerEdgeColor','w'); xlabel('Frequency (Hz)','FontSize', 14); ylabel ('Normalized EPSC_s_s','FontSize', 14); % ---------Then Calculate and plot the model frequency response ---------- freq=logspace(log10(0.1),log10(100),80); % frequency range in the units of Hz freqkHz=freq/1000; % frequency in the units of kHz Ca0=0.47e1; % calcium dynamics KCa=1.2e2; krecov0=2.2E-2; % recovery rate constants krecovmax=krecov0; Krecov=0e2; Prelmax=0.9; % release probability Krel=0.9e1; krecovmax_Prelmax=krecovmax/Prelmax; nHill=4; for i=1:80 Ca(i)=Ca0+freqkHz(i)*KCa; Prelss(i)=Prelmax*Ca(i)^4/(Ca(i)^4+Krel^4); krecov(i) = krecov0+(krecovmax-krecov0)*Ca(i)/(Ca(i)+Krecov); Rrelss(i)=krecov(i)/(krecov(i)+Prelss(i)*freqkHz(i)); sim_EPSC(i)=Prelss(i)*Rrelss(i); end sim_EPSC=sim_EPSC/sim_EPSC(1); % normalize EPSPs wrt the lowest freq plot(freq,sim_EPSC,'b-','LineWidth',1.5) legend('experiment','model','Location','southeast'); legend('boxoff') [rresonance] = calc_rreson(Ca0,KCa,Krel,krecovmax_Prelmax,nHill); % -----Plot Prel and Rrel----- figure subplot(2,1,1) plot(freq,Rrelss,'LineWidth',1.3) axis([0.1 100 0 1]) ylabel ('R_r_e_l (r)','FontSize', 14); subplot(2,1,2) plot(freq,Prelss,'r','LineWidth',1.3) axis([0.1 100 0 1]) xlabel('Frequency (Hz)','FontSize', 14); ylabel ('P_r_e_l (r)','FontSize', 14); % --------------Functions for calculating rresonance------------------- function [rresonance] = calc_rreson(Ca0,KCa,Krel,krecovmax_Prelmax,nHill) rresonance = (-Ca0./KCa + (nHill.*(Krel./KCa).^nHill.*... krecovmax_Prelmax).^(1./(nHill+1)))*1e3; %resonance frequency return % --------------Functions for calculating sim_EPSP----------------------- function [sim_EPSP Rrelss Prelss] = calc_EPSP(Ca0,KCa,Krel,krecovmax,Prelmax,nHill,freqkHz) Ca=Ca0+freqkHz.*KCa; Prelss=Prelmax.*Ca.^nHill./(Ca.^nHill+Krel.^nHill); Rrelss=krecovmax./(krecovmax+Prelss.*freqkHz); sim_EPSP=Prelss.*Rrelss; Prel0=Prelmax.*Ca0.^nHill./(Ca0.^nHill+Krel.^nHill); sim_EPSP=sim_EPSP; % normalize EPSPs wrt the lowest freq return