Table 1.

List of spatially averaged parameters for different types k, l ∈ {e, i} of neuronal target populations in the electrocortical model of Liley et al. (Liley et al., 1999, 2002, 2011; Bojak and Liley, 2005; Frascoli et al., 2011), with typical ranges that are assumed to be physiologically admissible.

	Definition	Min	Max	Units
$h_k^r$	Resting membrane potential	−80	−60	mV
τk	Passive membrane decay time	5	150	ms
$h_{ek}^{eq}$	Excitatory reversal potential	−20	10	mV
$h_{ik}^{eq}$	Inhibitory reversal potential	−90	$h_k^r-5$	mV
Γek	EPSP peak amplitude	0.1	2.0	mV
Γik	IPSP peak amplitude	0.1	2.0	mV
1/γek	EPSP rise time to peak	1	10	ms
1/γik	IPSP rise time to peak	2	100	ms
$N_{ek}^{\alpha }$	Number of excitatory cortico-cortical synapses	1000	5000	–
$N_{ek}^{\beta }$	Number of excitatory intracortical synapses	2000	5000	–
$N_{ik}^{\beta }$	Number of inhibitory intracortical synapses	100	1000	–
vek	Axonal conduction velocity	0.1	1	mm ms−1
1/Λek	Decay scale cortico-cortical connectivity	10	100	mm
$S_k^{\mathrm{\text{max}}}$	Maximum firing rate	0.05	0.5	ms−1
$\overline{\mu }k$	Mean firing threshold	−55	−40	mV
σk	Firing threshold standard deviation	2	7	mV
plk	Extra-cortical synaptic input rate	0	10	ms−1

Table adapted from Liley et al. (2011). EPSP, excitatory PSP; IPSP, inhibitory PSP.