TITLE GABAb synapse
COMMENT
simple alpha-synapse that generates a single PSP
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reference: McCormick, Wang & Huguenard (1993)
Cerebral Cortex 3(5), 387-398
found in: cat reticular nucleus of thalamus
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Assembled for MyFirstNEURON by Arthur Houweling
ENDCOMMENT
INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}
NEURON {
POINT_PROCESS GABAbSynapse
USEION k READ ek
RANGE onset, gmaxIPSP, e, g, i, w
NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
}
UNITS {
(nA) = (nanoamp)
(mV) = (millivolt)
(nS) = (nanomho)
}
PARAMETER {
onset= 25 (ms)
gmaxIPSP= 0 (nS)
w= 1 : weight factor for gmaxIPSP
kf= 1 : kinetic factor
ek (mV)
v (mV)
celsius (degC)
}
ASSIGNED {
i (nA)
g (nS)
tadj
}
UNITSOFF
INITIAL {
tadj = 3^((celsius-23.5)/10)
}
BREAKPOINT { LOCAL tt
tt = (t-onset)*tadj
if (t>onset) {
g = w*gmaxIPSP * (0.84*exp(-tt/283) +
0.16*exp(-tt/1026)) * ((1-exp(-tt/112))^4)/0.31
}
else {g = 0}
i = g * (v-ek)
}
UNITSON