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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2009 Jul 9;1296:225–233. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.06.101
Hodgkin-Huxley Model RGC Model
Na-activation:
α m (V): 0.1(V + 35) / [exp(− 0.1(V + 35)) − 1] 0.3753(V + 35) / [exp(− 0.1(V + 35)) − 1]
β m (V): 4 exp[− (V + 60) / 18] 12.51 exp[− (V + 60) / 20]
Na-inactivation:
α h (V): 0.07 exp[− (V + 60) / 20] 0.2502 exp[− (V + 52) / 20]
β h (V): 1 / [1 + exp(− 0.1 (V + 30))] 3.753 / [1 + exp(− 0.1 (V + 22))]
K-activation (delayed rectifier):
α n (V): 0.01(V + 50) / [exp(− 0.1(V + 50)) − 1] 0.01319(V + 37) / [exp(− 0.1(V + 37)) −1]
β n (V): 0.125 exp[− (V + 60) / 80] 0.2638 exp[− (V + 47) / 80]
Ca-activation (H-type):
α c (V): 0.05(V + 13) / [exp(− 0.1(V + 13)) − 1] * 0.1877(V + 13) / [exp(− 0.1(V + 13)) − 1]
β c (V): 1.667 exp[− (V + 38) / 18] * 6.256 exp[− (V + 38) / 18]
Open Channel Conductances [Reversal Potentials]
G Na [V Na]: 120 mS / cm2 [+ 55 mV] 19.425 mS / cm2 [+ 54.96 mV]
G K [V K]: 36 mS / cm2 [− 72 mV] 7.286 mS / cm2 [− 91.90 mV]
G Ca [V Ca]: 3.305 mS / cm2 [variable] * 0.535 mS / cm2 [variable]
G K (Ca) [V K (Ca)]: 0.247 mS / cm2 [− 72 mV] * 0.050 mS / cm2 [− 91.90 mV]
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The Ca-system (I Ca and I K (Ca)) is not a part of the Hodgkin-Huxley model; it is sometimes added here to that model to test its effects in model comparisons.