# Example: hodgkin_huxley_1952

> Note

> You can launch an interactive, editable version of this example without installing any local files using the Binder service (although note that at some times this may be slow or fail to open):

Hodgkin-Huxley equations (1952).

    from brian2 import *

    morpho = Cylinder(length=10*cm, diameter=2*238*um, n=1000, type='axon')

    El = 10.613*mV
    ENa = 115*mV
    EK = -12*mV
    gl = 0.3*msiemens/cm**2
    gNa0 = 120*msiemens/cm**2
    gK = 36*msiemens/cm**2

    # Typical equations
    eqs = '''
    # The same equations for the whole neuron, but possibly different parameter values
    # distributed transmembrane current
    Im = gl * (El-v) + gNa * m**3 * h * (ENa-v) + gK * n**4 * (EK-v) : amp/meter**2
    I : amp (point current) # applied current
    dm/dt = alpham * (1-m) - betam * m : 1
    dn/dt = alphan * (1-n) - betan * n : 1
    dh/dt = alphah * (1-h) - betah * h : 1
    alpham = (0.1/mV) * 10*mV/exprel((-v+25*mV)/(10*mV))/ms : Hz
    betam = 4 * exp(-v/(18*mV))/ms : Hz
    alphah = 0.07 * exp(-v/(20*mV))/ms : Hz
    betah = 1/(exp((-v+30*mV) / (10*mV)) + 1)/ms : Hz
    alphan = (0.01/mV) * 10*mV/exprel((-v+10*mV)/(10*mV))/ms : Hz
    betan = 0.125*exp(-v/(80*mV))/ms : Hz
    gNa : siemens/meter**2
    '''

    neuron = SpatialNeuron(morphology=morpho, model=eqs, Cm=1*uF/cm**2,
                           Ri=35.4*ohm*cm, method="exponential_euler")
    neuron.v = 0*mV
    neuron.h = 1
    neuron.m = 0
    neuron.n = .5
    neuron.I = 0
    neuron.gNa = gNa0
    neuron[5*cm:10*cm].gNa = 0*siemens/cm**2
    M = StateMonitor(neuron, 'v', record=True)

    run(50*ms, report='text')
    neuron.I[0] = 1*uA  # current injection at one end
    run(3*ms)
    neuron.I = 0*amp
    run(100*ms, report='text')
    for i in range(75, 125, 1):
        plot(cumsum(neuron.length)/cm, i+(1./60)*M.v[:, i*5]/mV, 'k')
    yticks([])
    ylabel('Time [major] v (mV) [minor]')
    xlabel('Position (cm)')
    axis('tight')
    show()