Axonal gap junctions produce fast oscillations in cerebellar Purkinje cells (Traub et al. 2008)

Examines how electrical coupling between proximal axons produces fast oscillations in cerebellar Purkinje cells. Traub RD, Middleton SJ, Knopfel T, Whittington MA (2008) Model of very fast (>75 Hz) network oscillations generated by electrical coupling between the proximal axons of cerebellar Purkinje cells. European Journal of Neuroscience.

Model Type: Realistic Network; Neuron or other electrically excitable cell

Cell Type(s): Cerebellum Purkinje GABA cell

Currents: I Na,p; I Na,t; I T low threshold; I p,q; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I R

Model Concept(s): Oscillations

Simulation Environment: FORTRAN

Implementer(s): Traub, Roger D [rtraub at us.ibm.com]; Middleton, S. J. ; Knopfel, T.; Whittington, M. A.

References:

Traub RD, Middleton SJ, Knöpfel T, Whittington MA. (2008). Model of very fast (greater than 75 Hz) network oscillations generated by electrical coupling between the proximal axons of cerebellar Purkinje cells. The European journal of neuroscience. 28 [PubMed]