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. 2013 Aug 2;8(8):e69952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069952

Table 2. Cellular parameters.

Cellular Parameters Symbol Value
Excitatory cell somatic capacitance Inline graphic 500 pF
Inhibitory cell somatic capacitance Inline graphic 214 pF
Excitatory cell somatic leakage conductance Inline graphic 25 nS
Inhibitory cell somatic leakage conductance Inline graphic 18 nS
Excitatory cell membrane time constant Inline graphic 20 ms
Inhibitory cell membrane time constant Inline graphic 12 ms
Excitatory cell resting potential Inline graphic -74 mV
Inhibitory cell resting potential Inline graphic -82 mV
Excitatory firing threshold potential Inline graphic -53 mV
Inhibitory firing threshold potential Inline graphic -53 mV
Excitatory after-spike hyperpolarization potential Inline graphic 4 mV
Inhibitory after-spike hyperpolarization potential Inline graphic -58 mV
Excitatory reversal potential Inline graphic 0 mV
Inhibitory reversal potential Inline graphic -70 mV
Absolute refractory period Inline graphic 2 ms
Increase in adaptation (potassium) conductance Inline graphic 6 nS
Potassium reversal potential Inline graphic -80 mV
Adaptation (calcium decay) time constant Inline graphic 50 ms

The leaky integrate-and-fire parameters used by default throughout this paper were taken from Troyer et al. [43] (derived originally from cortical electrophysiological recordings [68]) with the adaptation parameters mostly taken from Liu & Wang [30].