/******************************************************/ /* A simple model of a single AZ at the calyx of Held */ /* */ /* Main simulation script */ /* */ /* Matthias Hennig */ /* mhennig@inf.ed.ac.uk */ /******************************************************/ /* source: https://senselab.med.yale.edu/ModelDB/showmodel.cshtml?model=85981 */ /* Used by D.Kufel */ /* time step */ dt = 1.0e-6 /* number of iterations */ it = 3000 TIME_STEP = dt ITERATIONS = it EFFECTOR_GRID_DENSITY = 10000 RADIAL_SUBDIVISIONS = 2^10 RADIAL_DIRECTIONS = 2^14 /* FULLY_RANDOM would be 2^15 */ /* this file contains the relative diameter of the fusion pore */ /* it is constantly updated during the run time of the simulation */ INCLUDE_FILE = "pore_scale" pore_scale = 1-EXP(-(abs_time/10)*0.1) CHECKPOINT_INFILE = "chkpt_pos" CHECKPOINT_OUTFILE = "chkpt_pos" CHECKPOINT_ITERATIONS = check_time /* load simulation parameters */ INCLUDE_FILE = "parameters.mdl" /* SIMULATION *********************/ INCLUDE_FILE = "effectors.mdl" INCLUDE_FILE = "geometry.mdl" /**********************************/ /* the synapse, here one PSD */ INSTANTIATE coh OBJECT { /* relase site/point source of glutamate in the centre of the vesicle */ transmitter_release_site SPHERICAL_RELEASE_SITE { LOCATION = [-Rex*vesicle_pos,0,cleft/2+fpL+vDiam/2] LIGAND = Glu NUMBER_TO_RELEASE = n SITE_DIAMETER = 0.0 } /* insert objects that constitute the synaptic cleft */ cleft1 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-3*Rex/2,Rex/2,0 ] } cleft2 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-3*Rex/2,-3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft3 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-3*Rex/2,-Rex/2,0 ] } cleft4 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-Rex/2,-3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft5 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-Rex/2,Rex/2,0 ] } cleft6 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[Rex/2,-3*Rex/2,0,0 ] } cleft7 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[Rex/2,Rex/2,0,0 ] } cleft8 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[Rex/2,-Rex/2,0,0 ] } cleft9 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,Rex/2,0 ] } cleft10 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,-3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft11 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[3*Rex/2,-3*Rex/2,0,0 ] } cleft12 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[3*Rex/2,Rex/2,0,0 ] } cleft13 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-3*Rex/2,3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft14 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-3*Rex/2,-5*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft15 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[Rex/2,3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft16 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[Rex/2,-5*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft17 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[3*Rex/2,3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft18 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[3*Rex/2,-5*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft19 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,3*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft20 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,-5*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft25 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { SCALE=[2,9,1] TRANSLATE=[-9*Rex/2,-9*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft26 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { SCALE=[2,9,1] TRANSLATE=[5*Rex/2,-9*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft27 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { SCALE=[5,2,1] TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,-9*Rex/2,0 ] } cleft28 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { SCALE=[5,2,1] TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,5*Rex/2,0 ] } /* the postsynaptic densities */ psd OBJECT psd {} /* if these are removed, only the central PSD is active */ psd2 OBJECT psd {TRANSLATE=[-2*Rex, 0 ,0 ] } psd3 OBJECT psd {TRANSLATE=[2*Rex, 0 ,0 ] } psd4 OBJECT psd {TRANSLATE=[0, -2*Rex ,0 ] } psd5 OBJECT psd {TRANSLATE=[0, 2*Rex ,0 ] } /* These replace the four PSDs psd2-psd5 if only one PSD is to be simulated: cleftp1 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-5*Rex/2,Rex/2,0 ] } cleftp2 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[3*Rex/2,Rex/2,0 ] } cleftp3 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-1*Rex/2,-4*Rex/2,0 ] } cleftp4 OBJECT synaptic_cleft_element { TRANSLATE=[-1*Rex/2,5*Rex/2,0 ] } */ vesicle OBJECT vesicle {TRANSLATE=[-Rex*vesicle_pos, 0 ,0 ] } pore OBJECT pore {TRANSLATE=[-Rex*vesicle_pos, 0 ,0 ] } } /* write simulation results to a file */ INCLUDE_FILE = "output.mdl" /* uncomment to create a movie of the simulation */ /* INCLUDE_FILE = "3dout.mdl" */