: Comment: The persistent 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_P 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) tauF = 1 } 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*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 - (-14.3 + vshift)) / 14.6)) if (v < -50 + vshift){ mTau = tauF * (1.25+175.03*exp(-(v - vshift) * -0.026))/qt } else { mTau = tauF * (1.25+13*exp(-(v - vshift) * 0.026))/qt } hInf = 1/(1 + exp(-(v - (-54 + vshift))/-11)) hTau = (360+(1010+24*(v - (-55 + vshift)))*exp(-((v - (-75 + vshift))/48)^2))/qt UNITSON }