%------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % % Title: Calcium Signals in Small Structures % Filename: CaSignal_Exp7ASphere.par % Author: Ronald van Elburg % % Associated Paper: % Cornelisse LN, van Elburg RAJ, Meredith RM, Yuste R, Mansvelder HD (2007) % High Speed Two-Photon Imaging of Calcium Dynamics in Dendritic Spines: % Consequences for Spine Calcium Kinetics and Buffer Capacity. % PLoS ONE 2(10): e1073 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001073 % % % % %------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Structure = Sphere_Structure% Make it a sphere % Calcium Current: CurrentAmplitude=n_ions*Surface_Structure*E21OVERAvagrado/(sqrt_of_pi*pulselength) t_actionpotential1=10 t_actionpotential2=30 t_actionpotential3=50 t_actionpotential4=70 t_actionpotential5=90 CalciumCurrent:= CurrentAmplitude*(exp(-((t-t_actionpotential1)/pulselength)^2)+ exp(-((t-t_actionpotential2)/pulselength)^2) +exp(-((t-t_actionpotential3)/pulselength)^2)+exp(-((t-t_actionpotential4)/pulselength)^2)+exp(-((t-t_actionpotential5)/pulselength)^2)) path = ".\" % If running under Windows, specify here the path to the % directory containing the script imported below file = path "CaSignal_main.par" include file % Import the simulation parameters from the main script % Auxilary variables for monitoring concentrations at different distances from the membrane NoOfSteps = 6 % number of shells in the output (NOT IN THE SIMULATION, THERE THE GRIDSIZE DEFINES THE COMPARTMENTS) dR=R_Structure/NoOfSteps R1k=(NoOfSteps-0.5)*dR R2k=(NoOfSteps-1.5)*dR R3k=(NoOfSteps-2.5)*dR R4k=(NoOfSteps-3.5)*dR R5k=(NoOfSteps-4.5)*dR R6k=(NoOfSteps-5.5)*dR CaBoundary:=Ca[R_Source] Ca1 := Ca[R1k] ; Dye1 := Dye[R1k] ; BndDye1 := Total_Dye-Dye[R1k] ;EndoB1 := EndogenousBuffer [R1k] Ca2 := Ca[R2k] ; Dye2 := Dye[R2k] ; BndDye2 := Total_Dye-Dye[R2k] ;EndoB2 := EndogenousBuffer [R2k] Ca3 := Ca[R3k] ; Dye3 := Dye[R3k] ; BndDye3 := Total_Dye-Dye[R3k] ;EndoB3 := EndogenousBuffer [R3k] Ca4 := Ca[R4k] ; Dye4 := Dye[R4k] ; BndDye4 := Total_Dye-Dye[R4k] ;EndoB4 := EndogenousBuffer [R4k] Ca5 := Ca[R5k] ; Dye5 := Dye[R5k] ; BndDye5 := Total_Dye-Dye[R5k] ;EndoB5 := EndogenousBuffer [R5k] Ca6 := Ca[R6k] ; Dye6 := Dye[R6k] ; BndDye6 := Total_Dye-Dye[R6k] ;EndoB6 := EndogenousBuffer [R6k] CaAverage:=Ca[] ; DyeAverage:=Dye[] ; BndDyeAverage:=Total_Dye-Dye[] ;EndoBAverage := EndogenousBuffer [] % Exporting the variables defined above to file Exp='7A' plot point.mute CaBoundary "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_CaBoundary" plot point.mute Ca1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Ca1" plot point.mute Ca2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Ca2" plot point.mute Ca3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Ca3" plot point.mute Ca4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Ca4" plot point.mute Ca5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Ca5" plot point.mute Ca6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Ca6" plot point.mute CaAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_CaAverage" plot point.mute Dye1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Dye1" plot point.mute Dye2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Dye2" plot point.mute Dye3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Dye3" plot point.mute Dye4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Dye4" plot point.mute Dye5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Dye5" plot point.mute Dye6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_Dye6" plot point.mute DyeAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_DyeAverage" plot point.mute BndDye1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDye1" plot point.mute BndDye2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDye2" plot point.mute BndDye3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDye3" plot point.mute BndDye4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDye4" plot point.mute BndDye5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDye5" plot point.mute BndDye6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDye6" plot point.mute BndDyeAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_BndDyeAverage" plot point.mute EndoB1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoB1" plot point.mute EndoB2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoB2" plot point.mute EndoB3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoB3" plot point.mute EndoB4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoB4" plot point.mute EndoB5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoB5" plot point.mute EndoB6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoB6" plot point.mute EndoBAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_EndoBAverage" plot point.mute CalciumCurrent "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""S_CalciumCurrent" % The adaptive integration method fails for the fast calcium change % to overcome this problem we run the first 100 ms with a fixed timestep % of 0.001 ms, then after the fast changes we switch to the adaptive method % for optimal performance. Run 100.0 1.0e-3 ; current CalciumCurrent Run adaptive 400.0 1.0e-3 accuracy; current CalciumCurrent