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Hodgkin Huxley Python Implementation
import scipy as sp
import pylab as plt
from scipy.integrate import odeint
from scipy import stats
import scipy.linalg as lin
## Full Hodgkin-Huxley Model (copied from Computational Lab 2)
# Constants
C_m = 1.0 # membrane capacitance, in uF/cm^2
g_Na = 120.0 # maximum conducances, in mS/cm^2
g_K = 36.0
g_L = 0.3
E_Na = 50.0 # Nernst reversal potentials, in mV
E_K = -77.0
E_L = -54.387
# Channel gating kinetics
# Functions of membrane voltage
def alpha_m(V): return 0.1*(V+40.0)/(1.0 - sp.exp(-(V+40.0) / 10.0))
def beta_m(V): return 4.0*sp.exp(-(V+65.0) / 18.0)
def alpha_h(V): return 0.07*sp.exp(-(V+65.0) / 20.0)
def beta_h(V): return 1.0/(1.0 + sp.exp(-(V+35.0) / 10.0))
def alpha_n(V): return 0.01*(V+55.0)/(1.0 - sp.exp(-(V+55.0) / 10.0))
def beta_n(V): return 0.125*sp.exp(-(V+65) / 80.0)
# Membrane currents (in uA/cm^2)
# Sodium (Na = element name)
def I_Na(V,m,h):return g_Na * m**3 * h * (V - E_Na)
# Potassium (K = element name)
def I_K(V, n): return g_K * n**4 * (V - E_K)
# Leak
def I_L(V): return g_L * (V - E_L)
# External current
def I_inj(t): # step up 10 uA/cm^2 every 100ms for 400ms
return 10*(t>100) - 10*(t>200) + 35*(t>300)
#return 10*t
# The time to integrate over
t = sp.arange(0.0, 400.0, 0.1)
# Integrate!
def dALLdt(X, t):
V, m, h, n = X
#calculate membrane potential & activation variables
dVdt = (I_inj(t) - I_Na(V, m, h) - I_K(V, n) - I_L(V)) / C_m
dmdt = alpha_m(V)*(1.0-m) - beta_m(V)*m
dhdt = alpha_h(V)*(1.0-h) - beta_h(V)*h
dndt = alpha_n(V)*(1.0-n) - beta_n(V)*n
return dVdt, dmdt, dhdt, dndt
X = odeint(dALLdt, [-65, 0.05, 0.6, 0.32], t)
V = X[:,0]
m = X[:,1]
h = X[:,2]
n = X[:,3]
ina = I_Na(V,m,h)
ik = I_K(V, n)
il = I_L(V)
plt.figure()
plt.subplot(4,1,1)
plt.title('Hodgkin-Huxley Neuron')
plt.plot(t, V, 'k')
plt.ylabel('V (mV)')
plt.subplot(4,1,2)
plt.plot(t, ina, 'c', label='$I_{Na}$')
plt.plot(t, ik, 'y', label='$I_{K}$')
plt.plot(t, il, 'm', label='$I_{L}$')
plt.ylabel('Current')
plt.legend()
plt.subplot(4,1,3)
plt.plot(t, m, 'r', label='m')
plt.plot(t, h, 'g', label='h')
plt.plot(t, n, 'b', label='n')
plt.ylabel('Gating Value')
plt.legend()
plt.subplot(4,1,4)
plt.plot(t, I_inj(t), 'k')
plt.xlabel('t (ms)')
plt.ylabel('$I_{inj}$ ($\\mu{A}/cm^2$)')
plt.ylim(-1, 31)
plt.show()
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What is the unit of applied external current
? Is it uA/cm2 ? If so then how it is compatible with the equation of dVdt ? Because all voltages are in millivolts and all gated currents are in milliAmperes

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