// SPN neuron model
// ---------------------------------------------
//
// This model simulates rebound action potential firing in SPN neurons
// following prolonged inhibition from the MNTB.
//
// Reference:
// The Sound of Silence: ionic mechanisms encoding sound termination.
// Cornelia Kopp-Scheinpflug, Adam JB Tozer, Susan W Robinson
// Bruce L Tempel, Matthias H Hennig and Ian D Forsythe
// Neuron, in press (2011)
//
// Contact:
// Matthias H. Hennig, University of Edinburgh, 2011
// m.hennig@ed.ac.uk
// mhhennig@gmail.com
//
// with contributions from:
// Sarah J. Griffin, MRC Toxicology Unit, Leicester
// create the model SPN neuron
// ---------------------------------------------
lstd = 20
create soma
soma {
nseg=1
diam=lstd
L=lstd
insert pas
insert sjg_na
insert HT
insert LT
insert sjg_ih
insert lva
cm = 1.5 //2
ek = -90
ena = 55
}
access soma
// Coductances
// ---------------------------------------------
// helper functions to:
// convert from nanosiemens to mho/cm2.
func nstomho() {
return ($1/area(0.5)*1E8*1E-9)
}
// convert from mho/cm2 to nanosiemens.
func mhotons() {
return ($1*area(0.5)*1E-8*1E9)
}
celsius=37
// linear leak
g_pas = 0.00018
e_pas = -90
// Na+
gnabar_sjg_na = 0.055
sjgena_sjg_na = 55
usetable_sjg_na = 0
// KVs
gbar_LT = 0.0023
gbar_HT = 0.028
// Ih
usetable_sjg_ih = 0
ghbar_sjg_ih = 0.015
// LVA Ca++
gbar_lva = 0.0025
Erev_lva = 120
V_s_lva = 0
// print a summary of the parameters
printf("soma area: %g um*um\n",area(0.5))
printf("leak: %g nS\n",mhotons(g_pas))
printf("Na++: %g nS\n",mhotons(gnabar_sjg_na))
printf("LT: %g nS\n",mhotons(gbar_LT))
printf("HT: %g nS\n",mhotons(gbar_HT))
printf("Ih: %g nS\n",mhotons(ghbar_sjg_ih))
printf("LVA: %g nS\n",mhotons(gbar_lva))
printf("cap: %g pF\n",area(0.5)*1E-8*cm/1E-6)