A NEURON simulation has been created to model the passive spread of an EPSP from a mitral cell synapse on a granule cell spine. The EPSP was shown to propagate subthreshold through the dendritic shaft into an adjacent spine with significant amplitude (figure 2B).
Model Type: Dendrite
Model Concept(s): Influence of Dendritic Geometry; Olfaction
Simulation Environment: NEURON
Implementer(s): Morse, Tom [Tom.Morse at Yale.edu]
References:
Shepherd GM, Brayton RK. (1979). Computer simulation of a dendrodendritic synaptic circuit for self- and lateral-inhibition in the olfactory bulb. Brain research 175 [PubMed]