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. 2025 Apr 21;23(4):e3003094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003094

Table 1. Neuron properties. The membrane parameters are specified per unit area (cm-2), and scaled to a spherical diameter.

General
Temperature (for Nernst calculation) 294K
Extracellular calcium concentration 2 mM
Neuron
Passive
 Diameter 10 µm
 Membrane capacitance 1 µF cm-2
 Leak conductance (fixed) 0.35 mS cm-2
 Leak equilibrium potential −60 mV
Voltage-dependent calcium channel
 Maximum conductance (gmax) 0.08 mS cm-2
 Mid-activation voltage (Vmid) −40 mV
 Sensitivity (SCa) 7.5 mV
 Activation time constant (τm) 50 ms
Intracellular calcium concentration
 Inflow factor (B) 1,000
 Clearance time constant (τCa_clr) 400 ms
 Minimum concentration (Cai_min) 0.1 nM