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. 2017 May 16;11:250. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00250

Table 3.

Electrical parameters for the cable model.

Model electrical parameters Accepted values
Nodal capacitance (cn) 2.8 μF/cm2[a]
Internodal capacitance (ci) 2.8 μF/cm2[a]
Myelin capacitance (cm) 0.1 μF/cm2[b]
Axoplasmic resistivity (Ra) 33 Ωcm[a]
Periaxonal resistivity (Rp) 33Ωcm[a]
Myelin conductance (gm) 0.001 S/cm2[b]
Myelin attachment conductance (gm) 0.001 S/cm2[b]
Paranodal conductance (ga) 0.0001 S/cm2[b]
Internodal conductance (gi) 0.0001 S/cm2[b]
Max transient Na+ conductance (Naf) 3[b]
Persistent Na+ conductance (Nap) 0.0321[d]
Max slow K+ conductance (Ks) 0.06 S/cm2[a]
Max fast K+ conductance (Kf) 0.03 S/cm2[a]
Max juxtaparanodal fast K+ conductance (Kf) 0.3 S/cm2[d]
Nodal leakage conductance (RL) 0.06 S/cm2[a]
Na+ Nernst potential (Ena) 43.7 mV[a]
K+ Nernst potential (Ek) −84 mV[c]
Leakage reversal potential (EL) −84 mV[c]
Rest potential (Vrest) −80 mV[d]
[a]

Wesselink et al. (1999);

[b]

McIntyre et al. (2002);

[c]

Schwarz et al. (1995);

[d]

Howells et al. (2012).