TITLE Fast delayed rectifier potassium current (Kv3.1/3.2) NEURON { SUFFIX kdr_ms USEION k READ ek WRITE ik RANGE gbar, gk, ik } UNITS { (S) = (siemens) (mV) = (millivolt) (mA) = (milliamp) } PARAMETER { gbar = 0.0 (S/cm2) q = 1 } ASSIGNED { v (mV) ek (mV) ik (mA/cm2) gk (S/cm2) minf mtau (ms) } STATE { m } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states METHOD cnexp gk = gbar*m ik = gk*(v-ek) } DERIVATIVE states { rates() m' = (minf-m)/mtau*q } INITIAL { rates() m = minf } PROCEDURE rates() { UNITSOFF minf = 1/(1+exp((v-(-13))/(-6))) mtau = 11.1 UNITSON } COMMENT Original data and model by Baranauskas et al (1999) [1] for globus pallidus neurons from young adult rat. The temperature was not specified. Potentials were not corrected for the liquid junction potential, which was estimated to be 1-2 mV. Kinetics of m^1 type is used as in [2,3]. Room temperature 20-23 C is assumed. NEURON implementation by Alexander Kozlov . [1] Baranauskas G, Tkatch T, Surmeier DJ (1999) Delayed rectifier currents in rat globus pallidus neurons are attributable to Kv2.1 and Kv3.1/3.2 K(+) channels. J Neurosci 19(15):6394-404. [2] Migliore M, Hoffman DA, Magee JC, Johnston D (1999) Role of an A-type K+ conductance in the back-propagation of action potentials in the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons. J Comput Neurosci 7(1):5-15. [3] Evans RC, Morera-Herreras T, Cui Y, Du K, Sheehan T, Kotaleski JH, Venance L, Blackwell KT (2012) The effects of NMDA subunit composition on calcium influx and spike timing-dependent plasticity in striatal medium spiny neurons. PLoS Comput Biol 8(4):e1002493. ENDCOMMENT