TITLE Sodium channels COMMENT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Na current for action potentials -------------------------------- - fast sodium current - iterative equations Model of INa for hippocampal pyramidal cells, from Traub & Miles, Neuronal Networks of the Hippocampus, Cambridge, 1991 Added a shift parameter for inactivation only Written by Alain Destexhe, Laval University, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENDCOMMENT INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)} NEURON { SUFFIX inaT USEION na READ ena WRITE ina RANGE gnabar, vtraub, shift RANGE m_inf, h_inf RANGE tau_m, tau_h RANGE m_exp, h_exp } UNITS { (mA) = (milliamp) (mV) = (millivolt) } PARAMETER { gnabar = .003 (mho/cm2) : max conductance vtraub = -65 (mV) : adjusts threshold shift = 0 (mV) : inactivation shift ena = 50 (mV) celsius = 36 (degC) dt (ms) v (mV) } STATE { m h } ASSIGNED { ina (mA/cm2) m_inf h_inf tau_m (ms) tau_h (ms) m_exp h_exp tadj } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states ina = gnabar * m*m*m*h * (v - ena) } :DERIVATIVE states { : evaluate_fct(v) : m' = (m_inf - m) / tau_m : h' = (h_inf - h) / tau_h :} PROCEDURE states() { : exact when v held constant evaluate_fct(v) m = m + m_exp * (m_inf - m) h = h + h_exp * (h_inf - h) } UNITSOFF INITIAL { m = 0 h = 0 : : Q10 was assumed to be 2.3 for both currents : : original measurements at room temperature tadj = 2.3 ^ ((celsius-23)/ 10 ) evaluate_fct(v) m = m_inf h = h_inf } PROCEDURE evaluate_fct(v(mV)) { LOCAL a,b,v2 v2 = v - vtraub : convert to traub convention a = 0.32 * (13-v2) / ( exp((13-v2)/4) - 1) b = 0.28 * (v2-40) / ( exp((v2-40)/5) - 1) tau_m = 1 / (a + b) m_inf = a / (a + b) v2 = v2 - shift : inactivation shift a = 0.128 * exp((17-v2)/18) b = 4 / ( 1 + exp((40-v2)/5) ) tau_h = 1 / (a + b) h_inf = a / (a + b) m_exp = 1 - exp(-dt/tau_m) h_exp = 1 - exp(-dt/tau_h) } UNITSON