%------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % % Title: Calcium Signals in Small Structures % Filename: CaSignal_KdEndoDiscTraces.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 = Disc_Structure % % Parameters for mimicking 1 compartmental model %D_Dye =20 %D_Calcium =20 %D_EndogenousBuffer = 20 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, the first three variables need % adjustment defining new scripts, to prevent these scripts from overwriting old % results and using the wrong Loop variables, make sure that the LoopVars are % integer version of the real loopvars used in for loops. Exp='KdEndoTraces' LoopVar=KD_EndogenousBuffer*10 LoopVar2=Total_EndogenousBuffer Geom='D' plot point.mute CaBoundary "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_CaBoundary_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Ca1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Ca1_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Ca2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Ca2_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Ca3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Ca3_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Ca4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Ca4_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Ca5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Ca5_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Ca6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Ca6_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute CaAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_CaAverage_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Dye1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Dye1_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Dye2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Dye2_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Dye3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Dye3_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Dye4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Dye4_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Dye5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Dye5_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute Dye6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_Dye6_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute DyeAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_DyeAverage_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoB1 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoB1_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoB2 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoB2_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoB3 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoB3_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoB4 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoB4_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoB5 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoB5_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoB6 "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoB6_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" plot point.mute EndoBAverage "Output\Exp""Exp""\CSE""Exp""Geom""_EndoBAverage_""LoopVar""_""LoopVar2" % Parameter variation for Total_EndogenousBuffer = 25 to 1000 step 975 for KD_EndogenousBuffer = 0.5 to 20 step 19.5 % The adaptive integration method fails for the fast calcium change % to overcome this problem we run the first 20 ms with a fixed timestep % of 0.001 ms, then after the fast changes we switch to the adaptive method % for optimal performance. Run 20.0 1.0e-3 ; current CalciumCurrent Run adaptive 480.0 1.0e-3 accuracy; current CalciumCurrent