TITLE gsquid.mod squid potassium channel COMMENT This is the original Hodgkin-Huxley treatment for the set of sodium, potassium, and leakage channels found in the squid giant axon membrane. ("A quantitative description of membrane current and its application conduction and excitation in nerve" J.Physiol. (Lond.) 117:500-544 (1952).) Membrane voltage is in absolute mV and has been reversed in polarity from the original HH convention and shifted to reflect a resting potential of -65 mV. Initialize this mechanism to steady-state voltage by calling rates_gsquid(v) from HOC, then setting m_gsquid=minf_gsquid, etc. Remember to set celsius=6.3 (or whatever) in your HOC file. See hh1.hoc for an example of a simulation using this model. SW Jaslove 6 March, 1992 ENDCOMMENT UNITS { (mA) = (milliamp) (mV) = (millivolt) } NEURON { SUFFIX Khh USEION k WRITE ik RANGE gk, gkbar, ik GLOBAL ninf, nexp } INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)} PARAMETER { v (mV) celsius = 37 (degC) dt (ms) gkbar = .036 (mho/cm2) ek = -85(mV) } STATE { n } ASSIGNED { ik (mA/cm2) gk ninf nexp } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states gk = gkbar*n*n*n*n ik = gk*(v - ek) } UNITSOFF INITIAL { rates(v) n = ninf } PROCEDURE states() { :Computes state variable n rates(v) : at the current v and dt. n = n + nexp*(ninf-n) } PROCEDURE rates(v) { :Computes rate and other constants at current v. :Call once from HOC to initialize inf at resting v. LOCAL q10, tinc, alpha, beta, sum TABLE ninf, nexp DEPEND dt, celsius FROM -100 TO 100 WITH 200 q10 = 3^((celsius - 37)/10) tinc = -dt * q10 :"n" potassium activation system alpha = .01*vtrap(-(v+55),10) beta = .125*exp(-(v+65)/80) sum = alpha + beta ninf = alpha/sum nexp = 1 - exp(tinc*sum) } FUNCTION vtrap(x,y) { :Traps for 0 in denominator of rate eqns. if (fabs(x/y) < 1e-6) { vtrap = y*(1 - x/y/2) }else{ vtrap = x/(exp(x/y) - 1) } } UNITSON