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Function to create a GENESIS "squid" potassium tabchannel



/* FILE INFORMATION
   GENESIS script to make a "squid-like" K channel
   squid giant axon voltage-dependent channels,
   A.L.Hodgkin and A.F.Huxley, J.Physiol(Lond) 117, pp 500-544 (1952)
*/

// CONSTANTS
float EREST_ACT = -0.07     // resting potential (volts)
float EK    = -0.082        // potassium equil potential
float SOMA_A = len*PI*dia   // compartment area

function make_K_squid_hh
    str chanpath = "K_squid_hh"
    create tabchannel {chanpath}
    setfield ^ Ek {EK} Gbar {360.0*SOMA_A} Ik 0 Gk 0  \
            Xpower 4 Ypower 0 Zpower 0
    setupalpha {chanpath} X {10e3*(0.01 + EREST_ACT)} \
        -10.0e3 -1.0 {-1.0*(0.01 + EREST_ACT)} -0.01 \
        125.0 0.0 0.0 {-1.0*EREST_ACT} 80.0e-3
end