TITLE First order calcium decay : Paul Bush 3.31.92 No warranties expressed or implied. INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 10 (ms)} NEURON { SUFFIX cadecay USEION ca READ ica WRITE cai RANGE taucaremov GLOBAL cainit } UNITS { (molar) = (1/liter) (mM) = (millimolar) (um) = (micron) (mA) = (milliamp) : FARADAY = 96520 (coul) FDY = 9.6520 ( 10000 coulomb) } PARAMETER { taucaremov = 20 (ms) diam = 1 (um) ica (mA/cm2) cainit = 5e-5 (mM) } STATE { cai (mM) } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE state METHOD derivimplicit } DERIVATIVE state { cai' = ((cainit - cai)/taucaremov) + (-ica * 4/(diam*FDY)) : Note the 4 should actually be a 2 to take account of the double charge on : the calcium ion } INITIAL { cai = cainit }