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-This is the sourse code for the model used in the following paper:
-
-Maran SK, Sieling FH, Demla K, Prinz AA, Canavier CC. "Responses of a
-bursting pacemaker to excitation reveal spatial segregation between
-bursting and spiking mechanisms". J Comput Neurosci. 2011 Mar 1.
-[Epub ahead of print]
-PubMed PMID: 21360137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3160527.
-
-There are three files - ABPDdriver.c, ABPDcon.h and ABPD.h.
- ABPDcon.h has the values for different parameters such as
- conductance strength, reversal potentials etc
- ABPD.h has the code for kinetic equations and current
- equations of different channels. Also the code for numerical
- method.
- ABPDdriver.c has the main function.
-
-To run simulation compile the ABPDdriver file - for example
-
-gcc -lm ABPDdriver.c
-
-to get executable file and run the executable file with "./a.out".
-The simulation will create the file tm_volts.xls that contains the
-time in first column and somatic voltage values in the second
-column. The units are x-axis in milliseconds and y-axis in millivolts.
-The output is the somatic voltage trace of the model during
-spontaneous bursting:
-
-
-
-If you have any questions/comments please contact selvamaran@gmail.com.
-
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+This is the source code for the model used in the following paper:
+
+Maran SK, Sieling FH, Demla K, Prinz AA, Canavier CC. "Responses of a
+bursting pacemaker to excitation reveal spatial segregation between
+bursting and spiking mechanisms". *J Comput Neurosci*. 2011 Mar 1.
+[Epub ahead of print]
+PubMed PMID: 21360137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3160527.
+
+There are three files - ABPDdriver.c, ABPDcon.h and ABPD.h.
+- **ABPDcon.h** has the values for different parameters such as
+ conductance strength, reversal potentials etc
+- **ABPD.h** has the code for kinetic equations and current
+ equations of different channels. Also the code for numerical
+ method.
+- **ABPDdriver.c** has the main function.
+
+To run simulation compile the ABPDdriver file - for example
+
+```
+gcc -lm ABPDdriver.c
+```
+
+to get executable file and run the executable file with `./a.out`.
+The simulation will create the file `tm_volts.xls` that contains the
+time in first column and somatic voltage values in the second
+column. The units are x-axis in milliseconds and y-axis in millivolts.
+The output is the somatic voltage trace of the model during
+spontaneous bursting:
+
+
+
+If you have any questions/comments please contact selvamaran@gmail.com.
+
+---
+
+2025-06-20: Converted README to Markdown.
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