TITLE gsquid.mod squid potassium channel
COMMENT
This is the original Hodgkin-Huxley treatment for the set of sodium, potassium, and leakage channels found in the squid giant axon membrane.("A quantitative description of membrane current and its application
conduction and excitation in nerve" J.Physiol. (Lond.) 117:500-544 (1952).)
Membrane voltage is in absolute mV and has been reversed in polarity
from the original HH convention and shifted to reflect a resting potential
of close to -65 mV. (This text was written by SW Jaslove 6 March, 1992.)
ENDCOMMENT
UNITS {
(mA) = (milliamp)
(mV) = (millivolt)
}
NEURON {
SUFFIX Khh
USEION k WRITE ik
RANGE gk, gkbar, ik
GLOBAL ninf, nexp
}
INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}
PARAMETER {
v (mV)
celsius = 37 (degC)
dt (ms)
gkbar = .036 (mho/cm2)
ek = -85(mV)
non = 1
}
STATE {
n
}
ASSIGNED {
ik (mA/cm2)
gk ninf nexp
}
BREAKPOINT {
SOLVE states
gk = gkbar*n*n*n*n
ik = gk*(v - ek)
}
UNITSOFF
INITIAL {
rates(v)
n = ninf
}
PROCEDURE states() { :Computes state variable n
rates(v) : at the current v and dt.
n = non * (n + nexp*(ninf-n))
}
PROCEDURE rates(v) { :Computes rate and other constants at current v.
:Call once from HOC to initialize inf at resting v.
LOCAL q10, tinc, alpha, beta, sum
TABLE ninf, nexp DEPEND dt, celsius FROM -400 TO 300 WITH 700
q10 = 3^((celsius - 37)/10)
tinc = -dt * q10
:"n" potassium activation system
alpha = .01*vtrap(-(v+55),10)
beta = .125*exp(-(v+65)/80)
sum = alpha + beta
ninf = alpha/sum
nexp = 1 - exp(tinc*sum)
}
FUNCTION vtrap(x,y) { :Traps for 0 in denominator of rate eqns.
if (fabs(x/y) < 1e-6) {
vtrap = y*(1 - x/y/2)
}else{
vtrap = x/(exp(x/y) - 1)
}
}
UNITSON