: Comment: LVA ca channel. Note: mtau is an approximation from the plots : Reference: Avery and Johnston 1996, tau from Randall 1997 : Comment: shifted by -10 mv to correct for junction potential : Comment: corrected rates using q10 = 2.3, target temperature 34, orginal 21 NEURON { SUFFIX Ca_LVA USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica RANGE gbar, g, ica } UNITS { (S) = (siemens) (mV) = (millivolt) (mA) = (milliamp) } PARAMETER { gbar = 0.00001 (S/cm2) } ASSIGNED { v (mV) eca (mV) ica (mA/cm2) g (S/cm2) celsius (degC) mInf mTau hInf hTau } STATE { m h } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states METHOD cnexp g = gbar*m*m*h ica = g*(v-eca) } DERIVATIVE states { rates() m' = (mInf-m)/mTau h' = (hInf-h)/hTau } INITIAL{ rates() m = mInf h = hInf } PROCEDURE rates(){ LOCAL qt qt = 2.3^((celsius-21)/10) UNITSOFF v = v + 10 mInf = 1.0000/(1+ exp((v - -30.000)/-6)) mTau = (5.0000 + 20.0000/(1+exp((v - -25.000)/5)))/qt hInf = 1.0000/(1+ exp((v - -80.000)/6.4)) hTau = (20.0000 + 50.0000/(1+exp((v - -40.000)/7)))/qt v = v - 10 UNITSON }