# Simulates Fig. 3 in Tsaneva-Atanosova et al, Biophys. J. 90:3434-3446, May 2006 # Morris-Lecar-like beta-cell is bistable with coupling through calcium # diffusion; a brief current pulse switches from oscillating to steady # init v1=-65.0, n1=0.00016, c1=0.14, v2=-65.0, n2=0.00016, c2=0.14 init v1=-67.0, n1=0.00011, c1=0.19, v2=-66.9, n2=0.00011, c2=0.19 # equations dv1/dt=(i1 + gl*(vl-v1) + gk*n1*(vk-v1) - Ica(v1) - Ikca(gkca1,v1,c1) + gkatp*(vk-v1) - gc*(v1 - v2))/cm dn1/dt=(ninf(v1) - n1)/tau(v1) dc1/dt=f*(-alpha*ica(v1) - kc1*c1 + gcal*(c2 - c1)) dv2/dt=(i2 + gl*(vl-v2) + gk*n2*(vk-v2) - Ica(v2) - Ikca(gkca2,v2,c2) + gkatp*(vk-v2) - gc*(v2 - v1))/cm dn2/dt=(ninf(v2) - n2)/tau(v2) dc2/dt=f*(-alpha*ica(v2) - kc2*c2 + gcal*(c1 - c2)) # where minf(v)=.5*(1+tanh((v-v11)/v22)) ninf(v)=.5*(1+tanh((v-v3)/v4)) tau(v)=1/(phi*cosh((v-v3)/(2*v4))) # # par amp1=-250.0, tstart1=50000.0, duration1=50000.0 par amp2=250.0, tstart2=50000.0, duration2=50000.0 param gc=5.0, gcal=0.5, kc1=0.15, kc2=0.15 param vk=-75, vl=-75, vca=25 param gk=2700, gl=150, gca=1000, cm=5300 param v11=-20.0, v22=24, v3=-16, v4=11.2 param gkca1=2000.0, gkca2=2000.0, Kca=5.0 par phi=0.035 #par phi=0.02 - spiking # For bifurcation diagram, set auto=1 and use gkcastar as the bifurcation # parameter: param gkcastar=100.0, auto=0 # Ikca Ikca(gkca,v,c) = auto*gkcastar*(v-vk) + (1-auto)*gkca/(1+(Kca/c))*(v-vk) # Calcium Handling par alpha=4.50e-6, f=0.001 # Ikatp par gkatp=0.0 ica(v) = gca*minf(v)*(v-vca) # Iapp i1 = amp1*heav(t-tstart1)*heav(tstart1+duration1-t) i2 = amp2*heav(t-tstart2)*heav(tstart2+duration2-t) # track some currents aux tsec=t/1000 aux Condkca1=gkca1/(1+(Kca/c1)) aux Condkca2=gkca2/(1+(Kca/c2)) aux Ica=gca*minf(V1)*(V1-Vca) aux Ik=gk*n1*(V1-Vk) aux Curkca1=Ikca(gkca1,v1,c1) aux Curkca2=Ikca(gkca2,v2,c2) @ meth=cvode, atol=1.0e-6, tol=1.0e-6, dt=20.0, total=100000, maxstor=10000 @ xp=tsec, yp=v1, bound=100000 @ nplot=2, xp=tsec, yp=v1, xp2=tsec, yp2=v2 @ xlo=0, xhi=100, ylo=-75, yhi=-15 done