Hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neuron model from the paper M. Migliore, E. Cook, D.B. Jaffe, D.A. Turner and D. Johnston, Computer simulations of morphologically reconstructed CA3 hippocampal neurons, J. Neurophysiol. 73, 1157-1168 (1995). The paper shows how bursting and non bursting firing modes of CA3 neurons can depend on the densities of the Ca-independent conductances, that prevent the build-up of the Ca-dependent depolarizing envelope (compare bursting and short non bursting simulations). Calcium accumulation during long current injections results in spike adaptation modulated by Ca-dependent conductances and KM. Under unix systems: to compile the mod files use the command nrnivmodl and run the simulation hoc file with the command nrngui test_a.hoc This will open a window from which three simulations using the A neuron could be run to show bursting and non bursting firing of the same cell. Under Windows: to compile the mod files use the "mknrndll DOS box" and follow on-screen instructions. A double click on the simulation file test_a.hoc will open the simulation window. Questions on how to use this model should be directed to michele.migliore@pa.ibf.cnr.it July 5th 2007 Model updated to run with Model View (1e-6 replaced 0's in ca3a.geo) TMM August 24th 2007 Updated to allow shape plots to be updated via inclusion of flushPlot() in test_a.hoc TMM