Anatomic and physiologic parameters used in the article
| Anatomical parameters | |
|---|---|
| GF diameter | 8 μm (Augustin et al., 2017) |
| GF length | 400 μm (Phelan et al., 1996; Smith et al., 1996) |
| Distance of contact with TTMn from proximal end | 400 μm (distal end of the GF) |
| Distance of contact with PSI from proximal end | 360 μm (King and Wyman, 1980; Phelan et al., 1996) |
| TTMn diameter | 6 μm (King and Wyman, 1980) |
| TTMn axon length | 50 μm (Godenschwege et al., 2002b) |
| TTMn medial dendrite length | 60 μm (Godenschwege et al., 2002b) |
| TTMn lateral dendrite length | 30 μm (Godenschwege et al., 2002b) |
| Distance of input from GF from medial dendrite proximal end | 12 μm (Godenschwege et al., 2002a,b) |
| PSI diameter | 4.5 μm (King and Wyman, 1980) |
| PSI axon length | 90 μm (Phelan et al., 1996; Egger et al., 1997) |
| PSI dendrite length | 170 μm (estimated) |
| Distance of input from GF from PSI axon proximal end | 45 μm (Egger et al., 1997; Blagburn et al., 1999) |
| Distance of contact with DLMn from PSI axon proximal end | 76.5 μm (Egger et al., 1997) |
| DLMn dendrite and axon proximal diameter | 2 μm (King and Wyman, 1980) |
| DLMn axon distal diameter | 4 μm (King and Wyman, 1980) |
| DLMn axon length | 50 μm (Sun and Wyman, 1997) |
| DLMn dendrite length | 100 μm (Sun and Wyman, 1997) |
| Distance of input from PSI from axon proximal end | 12.5 μm (Egger et al., 1997) |
| Physiological parameters | |
| Leak conductance | 0.03 mS/cm2 (estimated) |
| Specific membrane capacitance | 1 μF/cm2 (estimated) |
| Specific axial resistance | 35.4 Ω/cm (estimated) |
| Maximal transient voltage-gated sodium conductance (ḡNat) | 300 mS/cm2 (Günay et al., 2015) |
| Maximal persistent voltage-gated sodium conductance (ḡNap) | 0.11 mS/cm2 (Günay et al., 2015) |
| Maximal voltage-gated potassium conductance (ḡK) | 10 mS/cm2 (estimated) |
| Gap junctions conductance (ggap, young fly) | 135 μS (estimated) |
| Gap junctions conductance (ggap, old fly) | 34.5 μS (estimated) |
| Chemical synapse rise τ | 0.1 ms (standard value) |
| Chemical synapse decay τ | 1 ms (standard value) |
| Chemical synapse reversal potential | 0 (standard value) |
| Chemical synapse delay | 0.15 ms (estimated) |
| Chemical synapse peak conductance | 80 μS (estimated) |
| Neuromuscular junction delay | 0.35 ms (see Materials and Methods) |
| Leak reversal potential | –85 mV (Günay et al., 2015) |
| Sodium reversal potential | 65 mV (Günay et al., 2015) |
| Potassium reversal potential | –74 mV (Günay et al., 2015) |