:Reference : : Adams et al. 1982 - M-currents and other potassium currents in bullfrog sympathetic neurones :Comment: corrected rates using q10 = 2.3, target temperature 34, orginal 21 NEURON { SUFFIX Im USEION k READ ek WRITE ik RANGE gImbar, gIm, ik } UNITS { (S) = (siemens) (mV) = (millivolt) (mA) = (milliamp) } PARAMETER { gImbar = 0.00001 (S/cm2) } ASSIGNED { v (mV) ek (mV) ik (mA/cm2) gIm (S/cm2) mInf mTau mAlpha mBeta } STATE { m } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states METHOD cnexp gIm = gImbar*m ik = gIm*(v-ek) } DERIVATIVE states { rates() m' = (mInf-m)/mTau } INITIAL{ rates() m = mInf } PROCEDURE rates(){ LOCAL qt qt = 2.3^((34-21)/10) UNITSOFF mAlpha = 3.3e-3*exp(2.5*0.04*(v - -35)) mBeta = 3.3e-3*exp(-2.5*0.04*(v - -35)) mInf = mAlpha/(mAlpha + mBeta) mTau = (1/(mAlpha + mBeta))/qt UNITSON }