The NEURON simulations described here describe the effect of the neuronal glutamate transporte EAAC1 in regulating synaptic integration and the firing output of D1-MSNs. 
This is addressed using either a simplified ball-and-stick morphology (see `Ball and Stick` folder) or a realistic morphology for D1-MSNs in the dorsolateral striatum of EAAC1+/+ and EAAC1-/- mice, obtained from biocytin filles (see `Realistic Morphology` folder).
Each folder contains NEURON codes used to establish the synaptic weight of AMPA, NMDA and GABA inputs.
The mod files, included in a separate folder (`mod_files`), are adapted, in part, from Mattioni and LeNovère (2013). 

These models were created by Maurice Petroccione, graduate student in Annalisa Scimemi's lab at SUNY Albany.

For additional information, please contact:

Maurice Petroccione (developer)
- mpetroccione@albany.edu
- reecepetroccione@gmail.com 

Annalisa Scimemi (supervisor)	
- ascimemi@albany.edu 
- scimemia@gmail.com

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