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Table 2 Model components. Tabulated characteristics are the compartments, receptors, Ca2+ mechanisms, and signaling pathways modeled. Used abbreviations are adenylyl cyclase (AC), α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid receptor (AMPAR), calmodulin (CaM), calcium/CaM-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), calcineurin (CaN), cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5), dopamine receptor (D1R), dopamine- and cyclic adenosine monophosphate-regulated neuronal phosphoprotein of 32 kDa (DARPP32), inhibitor 1 (I1), phosphodiesterase type 1 (PDE1), PDE type 1B (PDE1B), PDE type 2 (PDE2), PDE type 4 (PDE4), cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase (PKA), protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), and protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A).

From: Modeling Signal Transduction Leading to Synaptic Plasticity: Evaluation and Comparison of Five Models

Model

Compartments

Receptors

Ca2+ mechanisms

Signaling pathways

d'Alcantara et al. [16]

1 postsynaptic

AMPAR

CaM buffer

CaM, CaMKII, CaN, I1, PP1

Kim et al. [17]

1 spine

D1R

CaM buffer

CaM, CaMKII, CaN, G protein, I1, PDE1B, PDE4, PKA, PP1

Lindskog et al. [18]

1 spine

D1R

CaM buffer

AC, CaM, CaMKII, CaN, DARPP32, PDE1, PDE4, PKA, PP1, PP2A

Nakano et al. [19]

1 spine

AMPAR, D1R

CaM buffer

AC, CaM, CaMKII, CaN, Cdk5, DARPP32, I1, PDE1, PDE2, PKA, PP1, PP2A

Hayer and Bhalla [2]

1 dendritic,

1 postsynaptic,

1 spine-head

AMPAR

CaM buffer, 1-D diffusion of some of the molecules

AC, CaM, CaMKII, CaN, PKA, PP1