Table 1.

Basal parameter values

Parameter	Symbol	ValueI	ValueII	Units	Reference
Surface area of PSD	APSD	0.1257a		μm2	Sorra and Harris, 2000
Surface area of ESM	AESM	1.257a		μm2	Sorra and Harris, 2000
Concentration of binding sites	L	159.15a		μm−2	This paper
Number of intracellular receptors	S	500	100		This paper
Exocytic rate per intracellular receptor	κ	0.0005556	0.001667	s−1	Passafaro et al., 2001
Rate of exocytosis	σ	0.2778	0.1667	s−1	Passafaro et al., 2001
Rate of endocytosis	k	0.01667	0.01667	s−1	Ehlers, 2000
PSD–ESM hopping rate	h	0.001257	0.001257	μm2 s−1	This paper
ESM–dendrite hopping rate	Ω	0.001257	0.001257	μm2 s−1	This paper
Background receptor concentration	R̄	10	0	μm−2	Cottrell et al., 2000
Binding rate to scaffolding protein	α	10−6	10−4	μm2 s−1	This paper
Release rate from scaffolding protein	β	10−5	10−5	s−1	This paper

^aThe nontrafficking parameters do not have particular type I and II values.