Gap junctions between striatal FS neurons has very weak ability to synchronise spiking. Input uncorrelated between neighbouring neurons is shunted, while correlated input is not.

Model Type: Realistic Network; Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Synapse; Channel/Receptor; Dendrite

Region(s) or Organism(s): Basal ganglia

Cell Type(s): Neostriatum fast spiking interneuron

Currents: I A; I_K,Na

Transmitters: Gaba; Glutamate

Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Ion Channel Kinetics; Synchronization; Detailed Neuronal Models

Simulation Environment: GENESIS; MATLAB

Implementer(s): Hjorth, Johannes [hjorth at csc.kth.se]

References:

Hjorth J, Blackwell KT, Kotaleski JH. (2009). Gap junctions between striatal fast-spiking interneurons regulate spiking activity and synchronization as a function of cortical activity. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 29 [PubMed]