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. 2018 Sep 7;5(4):ENEURO.0112-18.2018. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0112-18.2018

Table 4.

Equations and parameters for myelinated axon models

Variable Equation
Membrane potential V (of j-th node) cmjdVj(t)/dt=ILj+Iactivej+Iaxonj+Iinjj
Leak current ILj=gLj(ELVj)
Active current (for WB model) Iactivej=INaj+IKj
Active current (for bEIF model) Iactivej=Idepj+Irepj
Axonal current Iaxonj=gaxonj1(Vj1Vj)+gaxonj(Vj+1Vj)
Intracellularly injected current Iinjj=0 (default)
Membrane capacitance cmj=πDLnCm
Leak conductance gLj=πDLnGL
Axonal resistance raxonj=4LiRaxπD2
Axonal conductance gaxonj=1/Raxonj=πD24LiRax
Parameter Value
Axon diameter D 2 μm
Nodal length Ln 2 μm
Internodal length Li 200 μm
Axial resistivity Rax 100 Ω cm

Parameters not listed in this table are unchanged from the single-compartment models (Tables 1, 3).