### A computational analysis of signal fidelity in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract ### J. Neurophysiology, 2018 ### A. Boxwell, D. Terman, M. Frank, Y. Yanagawa, J. Travers #### Inhibitory cell Vi'=(1/0.0165)*(-gNai*mi^3*hi*(Vi-VNa)-gKi*(ni^4)*(Vi-VK)-gKsi*(nsi^4)*(Vi-VK)-gLi*(Vi-VLi)-Isyntot(Gsyni,Vi)-Icli) mi'=(minf(Vi)-mi)/taum(Vi) hi'=(hinf(Vi)-hi)/tauh (Vi) ni'=(ninf(Vi)-ni)/taun(Vi) nsi'=(ninf(Vi)-nsi)/tauns(Vi) i Vi=-55.038,mi=0.0,hi=0.8522,ni=0.000208 #### Excitatory cell V'=(1/0.0187)*(-gNa*m^3*h*(V-VNa)-gK*(n^4)*(V-VK)-gKs*(ns^4)*(V-VK)-gL*(V-VL)-Isyntot(Gsyn,V)-Icl) m'=(minf(V)-m)/taum(V) h'=(hinf(V)-h)/tauh (V) n'=(ninf(V)-n)/taun(V) ns'=(ninf(V)-ns)/tauns(V) i V=-55.038,m=0.00001,h=0.8522,n=0.000208 p gNa=0.24,gK=0.011,gKs=.003,gL=0.0018, gNai=0.88*gNa gKi=0.88*gK gLi=0.88*gL p gKsi=0.0015 p VNa=50.0,VK=-90.0,VL=-59.5,VLi=-54.0 p thetam=-38,sigmam=5,thetah=-50,sigmah=-3,thetan=-40,sigman=5 p thetath=-45,sigmath=-3 p thetatna=-50,sigmatna=-10,thetatnb=-70,sigmatnb=10 p thetatma=-20,sigmatma=-10,thetatmb=-60,sigmatmb=3 p thetaa=-45,sigmaa=3,thetab=-55,sigmab=-5 GAMMAF(VV,theta,sigma)=1.0/(1.0+exp(-(VV-theta)/sigma)) minf(V)=GAMMAF(V,thetam,sigmam) hinf(V)=GAMMAF(V,thetah,sigmah) ninf(V)=GAMMAF(V,thetan,sigman) taum(V)=0.05+0.5*(GAMMAF(V,thetatma,sigmatma)*GAMMAF(V,thetatmb,sigmatmb)) tauh(V)=1+8*GAMMAF(V,thetath,sigmath) taun(V)=1.2+8*(GAMMAF(V,thetatna,sigmatna)*GAMMAF(V,thetatnb,sigmatnb)) tauns(V)=1.2+200*(GAMMAF(V,thetatna,sigmatna)*GAMMAF(V,thetatnb,sigmatnb)) p gcl=0 Icl=gcl*(V+70) Icli=0.88*gcl*(Vi+70) ##### Synapses Y[1..10]'=(-Y[j]/Ti)+(X[j]*spike[j]) X[1..10]'=(Z[j]/Tr)-(X[j]*spike[j]) Z[1..10]'=(Y[j]/Ti)-(Z[j]/Tr) i X[1..10]=1 i Y[1..10]=0 i Z[1..10]=0 p Ti=8 p Tr=500 p pr=0.118 p Esyn=0 Isyn(g,V,y)=g*y*(V-Esyn) p pct=1 Gsyn=0.01658*pct Gsyni=.00829*pct Isyntot(g,V)=Isyn(g,V,Y1)+Isyn(g,V,Y2)+Isyn(g,V,Y3)+Isyn(g,V,Y4)+Isyn(g,V,Y5)+Isyn(g,V,Y6)+Isyn(g,V,Y7)+Isyn(g,V,Y8)+Isyn(g,V,Y9)+Isyn(g,V,Y10) #### baseline input: 1 sec < t < 3 sec and t > 8 sec p rbase0=.1 r[1..10]=r0 Rbase[1..10]=rbase0 sb[1..10]'=-sb[j] init sb[1..10]=0 tnewb[1..10]'=0 init tnewb[1..10]=100 global 1 t-tnewb[1..10] {tnewb[j]=tnewb[j]-ln(ran(1))/(Rbase[j]/1000);sb[j]=sb[j]+pr} #### stimulus input: 3 sec < t < 8 sec p r0=1 ss[1..10]'=-ss[j] init ss[1..10]=0 tnews[1..10]'=0 init tnews[1..10]=3000 global 1 t-tnews[1..10] {tnews[j]=tnews[j]-ln(ran(1))/(r[j]/1000);ss[j]=ss[j]+pr} spike[1..10]=sb[j]*(heav(t-1000)-heav(t-3000))+ss[j]*(heav(t-3000)-heav(t-8000))+sb[j]*(heav(t-8000)) @ dt=0.05,total=12000,xlo=0,xhi=12000,ylo=-80,yhi=50,maxstor=500000, bound=100000000000000000 done