: Six state kinetic P/Q-type calcium channel gating scheme : Ref: Li L, Bischofberger J, Jonas P. 2007 : Differntial gating and recruitment of P/Q-, N-, and R-type : Ca2+ channels in hippocampal mossy fiber boutons. : J Neurosci 27:13420-429 NEURON { SUFFIX mfbpqca USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica RANGE gca, gcabar } UNITS { (mA) = (milliamp) (mV) = (millivolt) (S) = (siemens) } PARAMETER { gcabar = 0.0032 (S/cm2) a1o = 5.89 (/ms) b1o = 14.99 (/ms) V1 = 62.61(mV) a2o = 9.21 (/ms) b2o = 6.63 (/ms) V2 = 33.92(mV) a3o = 5.20 (/ms) b3o = 132.80 (/ms) V3 = 135.08(mV) a4o = 1823.18 (/ms) b4o = 248.58 (/ms) V4 = 20.86(mV) a5o = 247.71 (/ms) b5o = 8.28 (/ms) } ASSIGNED { v (mV) eca (mV) gca (S/cm2) ica (mA/cm2) a1 (/ms) b1 (/ms) a2 (/ms) b2 (/ms) a3 (/ms) b3 (/ms) a4 (/ms) b4 (/ms) a5 (/ms) b5 (/ms) } STATE { c0 c1 c2 c3 c4 o } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE kin METHOD sparse gca = gcabar*o ica = gca*(v - eca)*(1e-3) } INITIAL { SOLVE kin STEADYSTATE sparse } KINETIC kin { rates(v) ~ c0 <-> c1 (a1, b1) ~ c1 <-> c2 (a2, b2) ~ c2 <-> c3 (a3, b3) ~ c3 <-> c4 (a4, b4) ~ c4 <-> o (a5, b5) CONSERVE c0 + c1 + c2 + c3 + c4 + o = 1 } PROCEDURE rates(v(millivolt)) { a1 = a1o*exp( v/V1) b1 = b1o*exp(-v/V1) a2 = a2o*exp( v/V2) b2 = b2o*exp(-v/V2) a3 = a3o*exp( v/V3) b3 = b3o*exp(-v/V3) a4 = a4o*exp( v/V4) b4 = b4o*exp(-v/V4) a5 = a5o b5 = b5o }