TITLE AMPA receptor as distributed mechanism with random synaptic dynamics UNITS { (pA) = (picoamp) (molar) = (1/liter) (mV) = (millivolt) (S) = (siemens) (mA) = (milliamp) (mM) = (millimolar) F = (faraday) (coulomb) R = (k-mole) (joule/degC) } NEURON { SUFFIX ampa USEION na READ nai,ena WRITE ina USEION k WRITE ik RANGE iampa,ina,ik,gampa,gampak,nai,ratio POINTER ampasyn :take data from data file } PARAMETER { dt (ms) ena (mV) nai (mM) celsius = 35 (degC) ratio = 1 (1) :ratio = 2 means doubled components : of gampa, that is AMPA/NMDA ratio : (peak AMPA EPSC/peak NMDA EPSC) : is doubled gampa = 2.68e-6 (S/cm2) gampak = 3.37e-6 (S/cm2) ek = -100 (mV) nao = 145 (mM) } ASSIGNED { ina (mA/cm2) ik (mA/cm2) iampa (mA/cm2) ampasyn (1) v (mV) } BREAKPOINT { ena = (1000)*R*(celsius+273.15)/F*log(nao/nai) ina = ratio*ampasyn*gampa*(v-ena) ik = ratio*ampasyn*gampak*(v-ek) iampa = ina + ik }