cal13.mod

TITLE LVA L-type calcium current (Cav1.3)

UNITS {
    (mV) = (millivolt)
    (mA) = (milliamp)
    (S) = (siemens)
    (molar) = (1/liter)
    (mM) = (millimolar)
    FARADAY = (faraday) (coulomb)
    R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
}

NEURON {
    THREADSAFE
    SUFFIX cal13
    USEION cal READ cali, calo WRITE ical VALENCE 2
    RANGE pbar, ical, base, factor
    POINTER pka
}

PARAMETER {
    pbar = 0.0 (cm/s)
    :q = 1	: room temperature 22-25 C
    q = 2	: body temperature 35 C
    base   = 0.0      : set in simulation file    
	factor = 0.0      : set in simulation file
} 

ASSIGNED { 
    v (mV)
    ical (mA/cm2)
    ecal (mV)
    celsius (degC)
    cali (mM)
    calo (mM)
    minf
    mtau (ms)
    hinf
    htau (ms)
    pka (1)
}

STATE { m h }

BREAKPOINT {
    SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
    ical = modulation() * pbar*m*m*h*ghk(v, cali, calo)
}

INITIAL {
    rates()
    m = minf
    h = hinf
}

DERIVATIVE states { 
    rates()
    m' = (minf-m)/mtau*q
    h' = (hinf-h)/htau*q
}

PROCEDURE rates() {
    UNITSOFF
    minf = 1/(1+exp((v-(-33))/(-6.7)))
    :mtau = 0.06+1/(0.06*exp((v-(-46))/20)+0.41*exp((v-26)/-48))
    mtau = 0.06+1/(exp((v-10)/20)+exp((v-(-17))/-48))
    hinf = 1/(1+exp((v-(-13.4))/11.9))
    htau = 44.3
    UNITSON
}

FUNCTION ghk(v (mV), ci (mM), co (mM)) (.001 coul/cm3) {
    LOCAL z, eci, eco
    z = (1e-3)*2*FARADAY*v/(R*(celsius+273.15))
    if(z == 0) {
        z = z+1e-6
    }
    eco = co*(z)/(exp(z)-1)
    eci = ci*(-z)/(exp(-z)-1)
    ghk = (1e-3)*2*FARADAY*(eci-eco)
}

FUNCTION modulation() {
    
    : returns modulation factor
    
    modulation = 1 + factor * (pka - base)
    
}

COMMENT

Activation curve was reconstructed for cultured NAc neurons from
P5-P32 Charles River rat pups [1] and shifted to match LVA data [7,
Fig.1D]. Activation time constant is from the rodent neuron culture (both
rat and mouse cells), room temperature 22-25 C [2, Fig.15A]. Inactivation
curve of CaL v1.3 current was taken from HEK cells [3, Fig.2 and p.819]
at room temperature.

Original NEURON model by Wolf (2005) [4] was modified by Alexander Kozlov
<akozlov@kth.se>. Kinetics of m2h type was used [5,6]. Activation
time constant was refitted to avoid singularity.

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[7] Xu W, Lipscombe D (2001) Neuronal cav1.3 L-type channels activate
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ENDCOMMENT