Table 1.

Neuron parameters for computer simulations.

Branch parameters
$V_{\text{th}}^{\text{b}}$	Stochastic threshold	-55 mV
$E_{\text{L}}^{\text{b}}$	Leak reversal potential	-70 mV
Rb	Membrane resistance	40 MΩ
Cb	Membrane capacity	250 pF
τs	Time constant of sodium spikelet	4 ms
Vds	Amplitude of plateau potential	-30 mV
Vs	Initial amplitude of sodium spikelet (rel. to Vds)	5 mV
cds	Scale factor for plateau duration	0.04 s2/mV
${\rho }_0^{\text{b}}$	Instantaneous firing rate at threshold	2.5 Hz
βb	Sensitivity of spike emission	0.5 mV-1
${\Delta }_{\text{min}}^{\text{ds}}$	Minimum duration of a plateau potential	20 ms
${\Delta }_{\text{max}}^{\text{ds}}$	Maximum duration of a plateau potential	300 ms
Soma parameters
$V_{\text{th}}^{\text{soma}}$	Stochastic threshold	-55 mV
$E_{\text{L}}^{\text{soma}}$	Leak reversal potential	-70 mV
Rm	Membrane resistance	40 MΩ
Cm	Membrane capacity	250 pF
Rl	Longitudinal resistance along dendrites and apical trunk	2Ω
${\Delta }_{\text{abs}}^{\text{soma}}$	Absolute refractory period	5 ms
${\rho }_0^{\text{soma}}$	Instantaneous firing rate at threshold	2.5 Hz
βsoma	Sensitivity of spike emission	0.5 mV-1
Synapse parameters
${\tau }_{\text{syn}}^{\text{b}}$	Synaptic time constant of branch	2 ms
θmin	Lower bound of synaptic parameter	-2
θmax	Upper bound of synaptic parameter	8