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. 2023 Aug 17;12:e80152. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80152

Table 5. Parameter values for the AMPAr Markov chain and glutamate release affecting NMDAr, AMPAr.

Properties of GABA release are the same as those for glutamate.

Name Value Reference
Glutamate parameters
Duration of glutamate in the cleft gluwidth=0.001s Spruston et al., 1995
Concentration of glutamate in the cleft gluamp=103μM Spruston et al., 1995
Glutamate variability (gamma distribution Γ) glucv=Γ(1/0.52,0.52) Liu et al., 1999
Glutamate signal Glu glucvgluamp for AMPAr, NMDAr and copied to GABA neurotransmitter
AMPAr parameters
Number of AMPArs NAMPA=120 Bartol et al., 2015
Reversal potential ErevAMPA=0mV Bartol et al., 2015
Subconductance O2 γA2=0.0155nS 0.0163nS (Coombs et al., 2017)
Subconductance O3 γA3=0.026nS 0.0287nS (Coombs et al., 2017)
Subconductance O4 γA4=0.0365nS 0.0378nS (Coombs et al., 2017)
glu binding k1=16μM-1s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
glu unbinding 1 k-1=7400s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
glu unbinding 2 k-2=0.41s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Closing α=2600s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Opening β=9600s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Desensitisation 1 δ1=1500s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Desensitisation 2 δ2=170s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Desensitisation 3 δ0=0.003s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Re-desensitisation 1 γ1=9.1s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Re-desensitisation 2 γ2=42s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003
Re-desensitisation 3 γ0=0.83s-1 Robert and Howe, 2003