TITLE Ca influx based on ica, cai : adaptation of LGMD_Ca to include eflux 2 sources : 1 low volume high affinity, the other high volume low afinity UNITS { (mV) = (millivolt) (mA) = (milliamp) (uA) = (microamp) (molar) = (1/liter) (mM) = (millimolar) (uM) = (micromolar) } NEURON { THREADSAFE SUFFIX CaIn USEION ca READ ica, cai WRITE cai GLOBAL ca_min1, ca_min2, ca_init RANGE tau1, tau2, alpha_ca } PARAMETER { : parameters can be set in hoc template files :alpha_ca = 0.006 (mM-cm2/ms/mA) : sets influx alpha_ca = 0.001 (uM-cm2/ms/uA) tau1 = 400 (ms) tau2 = 20 (ms) ca_init = 1e-4 (mM) ca_min1 = 2e-5 (mM) ca_min2 =1.4e-4 (mM) } ASSIGNED { ica (mA/cm2) eflux (mM/ms) } STATE { cai (mM) } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE state METHOD derivimplicit } DERIVATIVE state { if (cai>ca_min2) { eflux = (cai-ca_min1)/tau1 + (cai-ca_min2)/tau2 } else if (cai>ca_min1) { eflux = (cai-ca_min1)/tau1 } else { eflux = 0 } cai' = -1*alpha_ca*ica - eflux } INITIAL { cai = ca_init }