// -------------------------------------------------------------- // Investigating ANTIDROMIC ACTION POTENTIALS // Using Diana Smetters p19 rat L5 pyramid // Huguenard/McCormick HH kinetics // na3h5.mod, kd3h5.mod // Set up to reproduce Stuart and Sakmann (1994), Fig. 2a // -------------------------------------------------------------- load_proc("nrnmainmenu") // -------------------------------------------------------------- // redefine some things in stdrun.hoc // -------------------------------------------------------------- tstop = 60 steps_per_ms = 40 dt = 0.025 // -------------------------------------------------------------- // cell geometry // -------------------------------------------------------------- xopen("dks577a.hoc") xopen("dks577.append.hoc") // -------------------------------------------------------------- // passive & active membrane // -------------------------------------------------------------- ra = 200 global_ra = ra rm = 40000 c_m = 0.75 v_init = -70 celsius = 23 Ek = -90 Ena = 60 gna_dend = 30 gna_node = 30000 gk = 100 frac_gk_apical = 0 gk_node = 0 proc install_channels() { // passive forall { insert pas Ra = ra cm = c_m g_pas = 1/rm e_pas = v_init } // exceptions along the axon forsec "myelin" cm = 0.04 forsec "node" g_pas = 0.02 add_spines(apical,sd_apical) add_spines(oblique,sd_oblique) add_spines(distal,sd_distal) add_spines(basal,sd_basal) // Na+ channels forall insert na3 forsec dend gbar_na3 = gna_dend forsec "myelin" gbar_na3 = gna_dend soma.gbar_na3 = gna_dend hill.gbar_na3 = gna_node iseg.gbar_na3 = gna_node forsec "node" gbar_na3 = gna_node forall if (ismembrane("na3")) ena = Ena // per S&S ena = 90 // K+ channels forsec basal { insert kd3 gbar_kd3 = gk } soma insert kd3 soma.gbar_kd3 = gk // no K+ in apical dend or axon forall if (ismembrane("kd3")) ek = Ek // per S&S ek = -100 } install_channels() // -------------------------------------------------------------- // stimulus // -------------------------------------------------------------- objectvar st dsite.sec st = new IClamp(site_loc) st.amp = 0.25 st.del = 3 st.dur = 40 // -------------------------------------------------------------- // create useful graphs & panels // -------------------------------------------------------------- //nrnmainmenu() load_file("nrngui.hoc") nrncontrolmenu() newPlotV() graphItem.addvar("dsite.sec.v(site_loc)",4,1) graphItem.addvar("iseg.v(.5)",7,1) proc set_stim() { st.loc($1) st.amp = $2 st.del = $3 st.dur = $4 } proc soma_inj() { install_channels() soma set_stim(.5,.16,3,40) run() } proc dend_inj() { install_channels() dsite.sec set_stim(site_loc,.21,3,40) run() } xpanel("Stuart & Sakmann") xvalue("gna dend (pS/um2)","gna_dend") xvalue("gna axon (pS/um2)","gna_node") xvalue("stim amp","st.amp") xbutton("inject soma","soma_inj()") xbutton("inject dend","dend_inj()") xpanel()