Systems of differential equations: Simulations of single neuron models (implemented in EjsS)
Hodgkin-Huxley model
Simulation of the Hodgkin Huxley Model
The system of four differential equations in the Hodgkin-Huxley model is: where is the membrane potential, is the Nernst potential for a given ion or the leakage potential (for ), and the gate functions , , satisfy the following initial value problems of exponentially restricted growth equations with voltage-dependent coefficients:
We have also introduced blocking of potassium and sodium channels by adding to the original Hodgkin-Huxley model parameters and , defined as the fractions of active ion channels (in terms of percentages and of blocked ion channels):
Blocking of ion channels often is a result of neurotoxines: Tetrodoxin (TTX), isolated from the Japanese pufferfish fugu, blocks sodium channels, and tetraethylammonium (TEA) blocks potassium channels.