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Qui comprendiamo:

  • BEH-POST: Postsynapsis
  • BEH-POST-AMPA: AMPA receptors (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors)

BEH-POST: Container

Simplified Behaviors:

— ms:

  • NT arrives in cleft → AMPA receptors bind NT (receptor availability constant, no desensitization)
  • V_post rises with AMPA conductance, decays passively each ms
  • bAP arrives → V_post receives additional depolarisation boost
  • NMDA gate checks coincidence: NT_cleft AND V_post both non-zero
  • Mg_block_removal = V_post / (V_post + V_NMDA_half) — sigmoid of V_post
  • Ca²⁺ enters spine via NMDA: Ca_post += k_NMDA × NT_cleft × Mg_block_removal
  • Ca_post decays slowly each ms (single exponential, no pump detail)
  • Ca_post_history updated every ms (feeds seconds loop)
  • V_post_history updated every ms (retained for reference)

— seconds:

  • Ca_post_history mean computed over past 2 s
  • eCB synthesised when Ca_post_history mean exceeds eCB threshold
  • eCB_level decays when Ca_post_history mean falls below threshold
  • eCB_level written → read by presynapse as retrograde brake on VGCCs
  • Ca_post_history compared to LTP/LTD thresholds → plasticity tag set

— mins:

  • If Plasticity_LTP tagged → AMPA density increases
  • If Plasticity_LTD tagged → AMPA density decreases
  • AMPA density feeds back into receptor_conductance ceiling for next cycle

Tubs:

  • Na: Ioni entranti tramite AMPA receptors

  • NT:

  • Ca2+: Ioni entranti tramite NMDA

  • VPost: il voltage che viene sentito in DB

  • eCB:

  • Nox:?


container: BEH-POST

 expansion: 
  - BEH-POST-AMPA ( full: 10x, active: 5x, empty: 2x )
   # modulated_by: TUN-POST-IC # possible/actual

  - BEH-POST-NA-CLEAR ( full: 1x, active: 1x, empty: 0x )

 tub_local:
  - Ca2+ ( full: 60x, active: 30x, empty: 0x )

  - Na ( full: 60x, active: 30x, empty: 0x )

  - Nox ( full: 100x, active: 20x, empty: 0x ) # Nitric Oxide (NO):  A gas that diffuses freely.

  - eCB ( full: 100x, active: 20x, empty: 0x ) # Endocannabinoids (e.g., 2-AG)

 tub_intricated:
  - Nt ( contained_by: BEH-SYN )
  - VPost ( contained_by: BEH-BD )

 context_intricated:
  - bAp ( contained_by: BEH-SOMA )

ms: behaviors POST

post-ltp-ltd.png

CheckNa: Context

Contestualizziamo in maniera Fixed?

context: CheckNa
  contained_by: BEH-POST

  in_context: Fixed
  rf: ( active: 60x )

  condition: (Na fullness)
    out_context: NaMax

  condition: (Na mediumness)
    out_context: NaMedium 

  condition: (Na emptiness)
    out_context: NaLow
CaNDMAEnterMax: Episode
episode: CaNDMAEnterMax
  contained_by: BEH-POST

  in_context: bAp AND (NaMax OR NaMedium)
  rf: ( active: 2x )

 hypothesis: NOT (Ca2+ full)
  action: [Ca2+ increase]
  trace: 
CaNDMAEnterMed: Episode
episode: CaNDMAEnterMed
  contained_by: BEH-POST

  in_context: (bAp AND NaLow) OR (NOT bAP AND NaMax) 
  rf: ( active: 4x )

 hypothesis: NOT (Ca2+ full)
  action: [Ca2+ increase]
  trace: 
CaNDMAEnterLow: Episode
episode: CaNDMAEnterLow
  contained_by: BEH-POST

  in_context: NOT bAP AND NaMedium 
  rf: ( active: 12x )

  hypothesis: NOT (Ca2+ full)
    action: [Ca2+ increase]
    trace: 

CaClearance: Episode

episode: CaClearance
  contained_by: BEH-POST

  in_context: NOT bAP
  rf: ( active: 24x ) # Low

  hypothesis: NOT (Ca2+ empty)
    action: [Ca2+ decrease]
    trace: None

CheckCaVPost:Context

Contestualizziamo in maniera Fixed?

Qui controlliamo il livello di Ca2+, che e' stato fatto entrare da NMDA, e creaiamo VPost nel DB. Abbiamo fatto una semplificazione, perche' il Ca2+ dovrebbe entrare nel DB in base a V_Post che fa aprire canali in DB. Invece creaimo direttamente il VPost.

context: CheckCaVPost
  contained_by: BEH-POST

  in_context: Fixed
  rf: ( active: 60x )

  condition: (Ca2+ fullness)
    out_context: CaMax

  condition: (Ca2+ mediumness)
    out_context: CaMedium 

  condition: (Ca2+ emptiness)
    out_context: CaLow
VPostMax:Episode
VPostMed:Episode
VPostMin:Episode
VPostClearance:Episode

Il clearance lo facciamo qui nel container dove creaiamo anche i VPost, perche' altrimenti, se lo facessimo in DB, perderemmo l'aspetto temporale della contribuzione dei singoli POST.

sec: behaviors POST

:Context

:Episode

min: behaviors POST

TUN-POST-AMPA: Tuner

tuner: TUN-POST-AMPA

 contained_by: BEH-POST

 tunes: BEH-POST/expansion/BEH-POST-IC

  tub_modulation: # in TUN agiamo su POS/ACT
   - posMod ( fullness: None, active: BEH-POST-IC/fullness, empty: 0x)  # riferimento a possible di BEH-PRE
   - actMod ( fullness: None, active: BEH-POST-IC/active, empty: BEH-POST-IC/emptiness)  # riferimento a active di BEH-PRE

 context_intricated:
  - TunPossible ( contained_by: DAY-N )

 tub_local:

 tub_intricated:
Context
context: Check
  contained_by: TUN-POST-AMPA

  in_context: TunPossible
  rf: ( active: 60x )

  condition:  
  out_context: TunPostIc
Episode
episode: ?
  contained_by: TUN-POST-AMPA

  in_context: TunPostIc
  rf: ( active: x )

 hypothesis:  
  action: 
  trace: 

BEH-POST-AMPA: Container

container: BEH-POST-AMPA

 tub_intricated:
  - Nt ( contained_by: BEH-SYN )

 context_intricated:
  - Na ( contained_by: BEH-POST )

ms: behaviors AMPA

CheckNTPost: Context

context: CheckNTPost
  contained_by: BEH-POST-AMPA

  in_context: Fixed
  rf: ( active: 8x )

  condition: (NT mediumness) 
    out_context: NTMedium

  condition: (NT fullness) 
    out_context: NTFull
NaAMPAEnterMax: Episode
episode: NaAMPAEnterMax
  contained_by: BEH-POST-AMPA

  in_context: NTFull
  rf: ( active: 2x )

 hypothesis: (NT fullness)
  action: [Na increase]
  trace: 
NaAMPAEnterMed: Episode
episode: NaAMPAEnterMed
  contained_by: BEH-POST-AMPA

  in_context: NTMedium
  rf: ( active: 4x )

 hypothesis: (NT mediumness)
  action: [Na increase]
  trace: 

BEH-POST-NA-CLEAR: Container

Il clearance lo mettiamo qui come container, perche' gli AMPA creano, e questo container pompa fuori. Qui non e' un problema di perdere l'integrazione temporale, perche' gli AMPA sono tutti uguali nel loro behavior. Abbiamo messo gli AMPA come container perche' cosi' possiamo modularne la numerosita'.

container: BEH-POST-NA-CLEAR

 context_intricated:
  - Na ( contained_by: BEH-POST )

ms: behaviors NA-CLEAR

NaClearanceHigh: Episode

NaClearanceLow: Episode