This pyloric network model simulator is a C/C++ program that saves 384 different calcium sensor values that are candidates for activity sensors (Gunay and Prinz, 2010). The simulator was used to scan all of the 20 million pyloric network models that were previously collected in a database (Prinz et al, 2004).
Model Type: Realistic Network
Cell Type(s): Stomatogastric Ganglion (STG) Lateral Pyloric (LP) cell; Stomatogastric ganglion (STG) pyloric dilator (PD) neuron; Stomatogastric ganglion (STG) pyloric neuron
Currents: I Na,t; I A; I K; I K,Ca; I Calcium
Transmitters: Acetylcholine; Glutamate
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Bursting; Calcium dynamics; Homeostasis
Simulation Environment: C or C++ program (web link to model)
Implementer(s): Prinz, Astrid [astrid.prinz at emory.edu]
References:
Prinz AA, Bucher D, Marder E. (2004). Similar network activity from disparate circuit parameters. Nature neuroscience. 7 [PubMed]
Günay C, Prinz AA. (2010). Model calcium sensors for network homeostasis: sensor and readout parameter analysis from a database of model neuronal networks. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 30 [PubMed]