TITLE Sodium channels
COMMENT
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Na current for action potentials
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- fast sodium current
- iterative equations
Model of INa for hippocampal pyramidal cells, from
Traub & Miles, Neuronal Networks of the Hippocampus, Cambridge, 1991
Added a shift parameter for inactivation
Written by Alain Destexhe, Laval University, 1996
modified by Philipp Vetter 28.7.1998
inaT <-> na
gnabar <-> gbar
TABLEs in order to avoid division by zero, Arnd Roth 12.9.99
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ENDCOMMENT
INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}
NEURON {
SUFFIX na
USEION na READ ena WRITE ina
RANGE gbar, vtraub, shift
RANGE m_inf, h_inf
RANGE tau_m, tau_h
RANGE m_exp, h_exp
}
UNITS {
(mA) = (milliamp)
(mV) = (millivolt)
}
PARAMETER {
gbar (pS/um2) : max conductance
vtraub = -63 (mV) : adjusts threshold
shift = 0 (mV) : inactivation shift
ena = 50 (mV)
celsius = 36 (degC)
dt (ms)
v (mV)
vmin = -120 (mV)
vmax = 100 (mV)
}
STATE {
m h
}
ASSIGNED {
ina (mA/cm2)
m_inf
h_inf
tau_m (ms)
tau_h (ms)
m_exp
h_exp
tadj
}
BREAKPOINT {
SOLVE states
ina = (1e-4)*gbar * m*m*m*h * (v - ena)
}
:DERIVATIVE states {
: evaluate_fct(v)
: m' = (m_inf - m) / tau_m
: h' = (h_inf - h) / tau_h
:}
PROCEDURE states() { : exact when v held constant
evaluate_fct(v)
m = m + m_exp * (m_inf - m)
h = h + h_exp * (h_inf - h)
}
UNITSOFF
INITIAL {
m = 0
h = 0
:
: Q10 was assumed to be 2.3 for both currents
:
: original measurements at room temperature
tadj = 2.3 ^ ((celsius-23)/ 10 )
evaluate_fct(v)
m = m_inf
h = h_inf
}
FUNCTION myexp(x) {
if (x < -100) {
myexp = 0
}else{
myexp = exp(x)
}
}
PROCEDURE evaluate_fct(v(mV)) { LOCAL a,b,v2
TABLE m_inf, m_exp, h_inf, h_exp
DEPEND dt, celsius, shift, vtraub
FROM vmin TO vmax WITH 199
v2 = v - vtraub : convert to traub convention
a = 0.32 * (13-v2) / ( myexp((13-v2)/4) - 1)
b = 0.28 * (v2-40) / ( myexp((v2-40)/5) - 1)
tau_m = 1 / (a + b)
m_inf = a / (a + b)
v2 = v2 - shift : inactivation shift
: about -10 mV for neocortical pyr cells
a = 0.128 * myexp((17-v2)/18)
b = 4 / ( 1 + myexp((40-v2)/5) )
tau_h = 1 / (a + b)
h_inf = a / (a + b)
m_exp = 1 - myexp(-dt/tau_m)
h_exp = 1 - myexp(-dt/tau_h)
}
UNITSON