// Moore, Joyner, Brill, Waxman, and Najar-Joa. (1978) Simulations of
// conduction in uniform myelinated fibers: Relative sensitivity to
// changes in nodal and internodal parameters.
// Biophys. J. 21:147-160.
// Derived, with very few changes, from the NEURON implementation of the
// model of
// Brill, Waxman, Moore, and Joyner. (1977) Conduction velocity and spike
// configuration in myelinated fibres: Computed dependence on internode distance
// J. Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 40: 769-774
create node[1], myelin[1]
objref nodes, myelins
// topol(nnode) connects an alternating sequence of node/myelin pairs.
proc topol() {local i
nnode = $1
create node[nnode], myelin[nnode-1]
nodes = new SectionList()
myelins = new SectionList()
forsec "node" nodes.append
forsec "myelin" myelins.append
access node[0]
for i=0, nnode-2 {
connect myelin[i](0), node[i](1)
connect node[i+1](0), myelin[i](1)
}
forsec myelins { nseg = 10 }
}
proc geom() {
forsec nodes { // area = 100 um2
L = 3.183
diam = 10
}
forsec myelins {
L = $1
diam = 10
}
}
proc biophys() {local fac
// ohm/cm must be converted to ohm-cm by multiplying by
// cross sectional area
fac = PI*diam^2/4 * 1e-8
forall {
Ra = 100
}
// paper relative to rest=0 but following values relative to -65
forsec nodes {
insert hh
gnabar_hh = 1.2
gkbar_hh = .36
gl_hh = .003
ena = 115 - 65
ek = -12 - 65
cm = 1 // uF/cm2
}
forsec myelins {
insert pas
e_pas = -65
g_pas = 1.5e-6 // S/cm2
cm = .005 // uF/cm2
}
celsius = 18.5
}
proc make() {
topol($1)
geom($2)
biophys()
}
make(20, 2000) // appropriate down to 25um internode length