: Comment: The transient component of the K current : Reference: Voltage-gated K+ channels in layer 5 neocortical pyramidal neurones from young rats:subtypes and gradients,Korngreen and Sakmann, J. Physiology, 2000 NEURON { SUFFIX K_T USEION k READ ek WRITE ik RANGE gbar, g, ik } UNITS { (S) = (siemens) (mV) = (millivolt) (mA) = (milliamp) } PARAMETER { gbar = 0.00001 (S/cm2) vshift = 0 (mV) mTauF = 1.0 hTauF = 1.0 } ASSIGNED { v (mV) ek (mV) ik (mA/cm2) g (S/cm2) celsius (degC) mInf mTau hInf hTau } STATE { m h } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states METHOD cnexp g = gbar*m*m*m*m*h ik = g*(v-ek) } 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 mInf = 1/(1 + exp(-(v - (-47 + vshift)) / 29)) mTau = (0.34 + mTauF * 0.92*exp(-((v+71-vshift)/59)^2))/qt hInf = 1/(1 + exp(-(v+66-vshift)/-10)) hTau = (8 + hTauF * 49*exp(-((v+73-vshift)/23)^2))/qt UNITSON }