COMMENT Based on diffusion equation from Nmda.mod from "LTP regulates burst initiation and frequency at mossy fiber-granule cell synapses of rat cerebellum: experimental observations and theoretical predictions." Nieus T, Sola E, Mapelli J, Saftenku E, Rossi P, D'Angelo E. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Feb;95(2):686-99" Originally published in Balmer TS, Borges-Merjane C, Trussell LO (2021) Incomplete removal of extracellular glutamate controls synaptic transmission and integration at a cerebellar synapse. eLife 10:e63819. ENDCOMMENT NEURON { POINT_PROCESS diff3D RANGE M, Diff, R, lambd, T, alpha, amb } UNITS { PI = (pi) (1) (mM) = (milli/liter) } PARAMETER { : with the following values a single spike should produce a transient (T) that matches Fig 2C in Barbour & Hausser 1997 TINS M = 4700 R = 1100 (nm) Diff = 0.76 (um2/ms) lambd = 1.55 alpha = 0.21 amb = 0.005 (mM) } ASSIGNED { T (mM) tspike[5000] (ms) tsyn (ms) NTdiffusion (mM) numpulses } INITIAL { T=0 (mM) tspike[0]=1e12 (ms) numpulses = 0 } FUNCTION NTdiffWave(){ LOCAL ijk,t0 : sums up diffusion contributes NTdiffusion=0 FROM ijk=1 TO numpulses{ t0=tspike[ijk-1] if(t>t0){ NTdiffusion = NTdiffusion+((exp(-((1e-8*R)^2)/(4*Diff*1e-10*(t - t0)/(lambd^2))))*(M/6.022e23)/(8*alpha*((PI*Diff*1e-10*(t - t0)/(lambd^2))^1.5) ) )*1e3 } } NTdiffWave=NTdiffusion } BREAKPOINT { T = NTdiffWave() + amb } ::::::::::::::::::::::: NET_RECEIVE(weight, on, t0 (ms)) { if (!on) { t0 = t on = 1 tspike[numpulses] = t numpulses = numpulses + 1 } on = 0 }