The paper discusses the effects induced by an electric field at power lines frequency.
Model Type: Dendrite; Extracellular
Region(s) or Organism(s): Hippocampus
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell
Currents: I Na,t; I A; I K; I h
Receptors: AMPA
Transmitters: Glutamate
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Dendritic Action Potentials; Active Dendrites; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Synaptic Integration; Extracellular Fields
Simulation Environment: NEURON
Implementer(s): Carnevale, Ted [Ted.Carnevale at Yale.edu]; Migliore, Michele [Michele.Migliore at Yale.edu]; Cavarretta, Francesco [francescocavarretta at hotmail.it]
References:
Cavarretta F, Carnevale NT, Tegolo D, Migliore M. (2014). Effects of low frequency electric fields on synaptic integration in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons: implications for power line emissions. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience. 8 [PubMed]