Biophysical Journal 35: 715-730 (1981)
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Modeling repetitive firing and bursting in a small unmyelinated nerve fiber.

ABSTRACT

The Hodgkin-Huxley equations, originally developed to describe the electrical events in the squid giant axon, have been modified to simulate the ionic and electrical events in a small unmyelinated nerve fiber. The modified equations incorporate an electrogenic sodium-potassium pump, finite intra-axonal volume, a periaxonal space, a calcium current, and calcium-dependent potassium conductance (GKCa). The model shows that adaptation can occur in two ways: increased Na-K pump activity because of periaxonal K accumulation or intra-axonal Na accumulation; or from an increase in (GKCa) caused by calcium accumulating within the axon. Bursting is an extension of adaptation and occurs when the sensitivity of the Na-K pump or (GKCa) to changes in ionic concentration is increased.

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