COMMENT alphasynkint.mod Alpha Synapse Traub-like implemented with Kinetic Scheme as per Chapter 10 NEURON book Used to return peak conductance of 1, however now it is set so that a peak conductance of tau2*exp(-1) is reached because that's what the Traub alpha function (t-t_0)*exp(-(t-t_0)/tau) reaches.. ENDCOMMENT NEURON { POINT_PROCESS AlphaSynKinT : ending T is for Traub, see notes RANGE tau, e, i NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i } UNITS { (nA) = (nanoamp) (mV) = (millivolt) (uS) = (microsiemens) } PARAMETER { tau = 0.1 (ms) <1e-9,1e9> e = 0 (mV) } ASSIGNED { v (mV) i (nA) } STATE { a (microsiemens) g (uS) } INITIAL { g=0 } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE state METHOD sparse i = g*(v - e) } KINETIC state { ~ a <-> g (1/tau, 0) ~ g -> (1/tau) } NET_RECEIVE(weight (uS)) { : a = a + weight*exp(1) * (tau*exp(-1)) : the above last factor changes peak conductance to from : 1 to tau*exp(-1) so formula becomes: a = a + weight*tau*1(/ms) }