COMMENT This is the original Hodgkin-Huxley treatment for the set of sodium, potassium, and leakage channels found in the squid giant axon membrane. ("A quantitative description of membrane current and its application conduction and excitation in nerve" J.Physiol. (Lond.) 117:500-544 (1952).) Membrane voltage is in absolute mV and has been reversed in polarity from the original HH convention and shifted to reflect a resting potential of -65 mV. Remember to set a squid-appropriate temperature (e.g. in HOC: "celsius=6.3" or in Python: "h.celsius=6.3"). See squid.hoc for an example of a simulation using this model. SW Jaslove 6 March, 1992 ENDCOMMENT NEURON { SUFFIX hhqt USEION na READ ena WRITE ina USEION k READ ek WRITE ik NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT il RANGE gnabar, gkbar, gl, el, gna, gk } UNITS { (mA) = (milliamp) (mV) = (millivolt) (S) = (siemens) } PARAMETER { gnabar = .12 (S/cm2) <0,1e9> gkbar = .036 (S/cm2) <0,1e9> gl = .0003 (S/cm2) <0,1e9> el = -54.3 (mV) } ASSIGNED { v (mV) ena (mV) ek (mV) gna (S/cm2) gk (S/cm2) ina (mA/cm2) ik (mA/cm2) il (mA/cm2) minf hinf ninf mtau (ms) htau (ms) ntau (ms) celsius (degC) } STATE { m h n } BREAKPOINT { SOLVE states METHOD cnexp gna = gnabar*m*m*m*h ina = gna*(v - ena) gk = gkbar*n*n*n*n ik = gk*(v - ek) il = gl*(v - el) } DERIVATIVE states { rates(v) m' = (minf-m)/mtau h' = (hinf-h)/htau n' = (ninf-n)/ntau } INITIAL { rates(v) m = minf h = hinf n = ninf } PROCEDURE rates(v(mV)) { :Computes rate and other constants at current v. :Call once from HOC to initialize inf at resting v. LOCAL alpha, beta, sum, q10 q10 = 3^((celsius - 6.3)/10) UNITSOFF :"m" sodium activation system alpha = .1*vtrap(-(v+40),10) beta = 4*exp(-(v+65)/18) sum = alpha + beta mtau = 1/(q10*sum) minf = alpha/sum :"h" sodium inactivation system alpha = .07*exp(-(v+65)/20) beta = 1/(exp(-(v+35)/10) + 1) sum = alpha + beta htau = 1/(q10*sum) hinf = alpha/sum :"n" potassium activation system alpha = .01*vtrap(-(v+55),10) beta = .125*exp(-(v+65)/80) sum = alpha + beta ntau = 1/(q10*sum) ninf = alpha/sum } FUNCTION vtrap(x,y) { :Traps for 0 in denominator of rate eqns. if (fabs(x/y) < 1e-6) { vtrap = y*(1 - x/y/2) }else{ vtrap = x/(exp(x/y) - 1) } } UNITSON