TITLE CaS channel UNITS { (mV) = (millivolt) (mA) = (milliamp) (S) = (siemens) } NEURON { THREADSAFE SUFFIX CaS USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica RANGE gmax, g, taum, tauh GLOBAL vhalfm, tmax, vhalfh, hmin } PARAMETER { : all values can be adjusted in hoc files gmax = 0.001 (S/cm2) vhalfm =-34 (mV) vhalfh =-33 (mV) vn2= -55 (mV) s1 = 10.0 (mV) s2 = -8.0 (mV) tmax = 25 (ms) tmin = 1 (ms) kh = -5.5 (mV) hb = -120 (mV) hmin = 5 (ms) tadj = 10 (ms) hs = -40 (mV) nic = 0.0 (1) mp=2 (1) } ASSIGNED { v (mV) eca (mV) minf (1) hinf (1) taum (ms) tauh (ms) ica (mA/cm2) g (S/cm2) } STATE { m h } INITIAL { settables(v) m = minf h = hinf } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states METHOD cnexp g = gmax*m^mp*h ica = g*(v-eca) } DERIVATIVE states { settables(v) m' = (minf - m)/taum h' = (hinf - h)/tauh } PROCEDURE settables(v (mV)) { TABLE minf, taum, hinf, tauh DEPEND vhalfm, tmax, tmin, vhalfh, hmin, tadj FROM -100 TO 50 WITH 600 : steady-state activation of ICaT in mV minf = 1/(1 + exp((vhalfm-v)/s1)) : steady-state CaT activation time constant taum = tmin + 4*(tmax-tmin)/(1 + exp((vn2-v)/s2))*minf : add check to ensure positive tau : steady-state inactivation of ICaT in mV hinf = nic + (1-nic)/(1+exp((vhalfh-v)/kh)) : steady-state CaT inactivation time constant tauh = hmin + hinf*exp((hb-v)/hs)*tadj }