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/* A simple model of a single AZ at the calyx of Held */
/* */
/* Celft and Vesicle Geometry */
/* */
/* Matthias Hennig */
/* mhennig@inf.ed.ac.uk */
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/* source: https://senselab.med.yale.edu/ModelDB/showmodel.cshtml?model=85981 */
/* Used by D.Kufel */
/* 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}
}