This implements spiking Hodgkin-Huxley type models of tonic and phasic second-order vestibular neurons. Models fitted to intracellular spike and membrane potential recordings from frog (Rana temporaria). The models can be stimulated by intracellular step current, frequency current (ZAP) or synaptic stimulation.
Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell
Cell Type(s): Vestibular neuron; Abstract Morris-Lecar neuron
Currents: I T low threshold; I K,Ca; I Sodium; I Potassium
Transmitters: Glycine; Gaba; Glutamate
Model Concept(s): Simplified Models; Action Potentials; Sensory processing; Vestibular
Simulation Environment: NEURON
Implementer(s): Roessert, Christian [christian.a at roessert.de]
References:
Rössert C, Moore LE, Straka H, Glasauer S. (2011). Cellular and network contributions to vestibular signal processing: impact of ion conductances, synaptic inhibition, and noise. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 31 [PubMed]