/******************************************************/ /* A simple model of a single AZ at the calyx of Held */ /* */ /* Celft and Vesicle Geometry */ /* */ /* Matthias Hennig */ /* mhennig@inf.ed.ac.uk */ /******************************************************/ /* the PSD with receptors */ psd BOX { CORNERS = [-Rex/2,-Rex/2,-cleft/2], [Rex/2,Rex/2,cleft/2] FULLY_CLOSED = YES /* AMPA receptors */ ADD_EFFECTOR { STATE = AMPAR.C0 DENSITY = AMPAR_density /*NUMBER = AMPAR_number*/ ELEMENT = BOTTOM POLE_ORIENTATION = POSITIVE_BACK } /* glutamate transporters (not simulated here) */ /* ADD_EFFECTOR { STATE = GluT.T DENSITY = GluT_density ELEMENT = BOTTOM POLE_ORIENTATION = POSITIVE_BACK } */ /* allow diffusion in/out of PSD */ TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = LEFT} TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = RIGHT} TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = FRONT} TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = BACK} } /* the vesicle */ vesicle BOX { CORNERS = [-vDiam/2,-vDiam/2,cleft/2+fpL], [vDiam/2,vDiam/2,cleft/2+fpL+vDiam] FULLY_CLOSED = YES } /* fusion pore */ pore BOX { CORNERS = [-fpD/2,-fpD/2,cleft/2], [fpD/2,fpD/2,cleft/2+fpL] FULLY_CLOSED = YES TRANSPARENT { LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = TOP } TRANSPARENT { LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = BOTTOM } SCALE = [pore_scale,pore_scale,1.0] } /* template for a synaptic celft element */ synaptic_cleft_element BOX { CORNERS = [0,0,-cleft/2], [Rex,Rex,cleft/2] FULLY_CLOSED = YES /* AMPA receptors */ ADD_EFFECTOR { STATE = AMPAR.C0 DENSITY = AMPAR_density_far /*NUMBER = AMPAR_number_far*/ ELEMENT = BOTTOM POLE_ORIENTATION = POSITIVE_BACK } /* allow diffusion in/out of celft */ TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = LEFT} TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = RIGHT} TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = FRONT} TRANSPARENT {LIGAND = Glu ELEMENT = BACK} }