var initialize = func()
{
	var cell = registercell();

	cell.name = 'Plateau';
	cell.desc = 'Excite it to turn on, inhibit to turn off.';

	cell.graphic = 'cell_plateau.svg';

	cell.capacitance = 8;
	cell.resistance = 1;

	cell.add_channel('channel_leak_big_k.mc');
	cell.add_channel('channel_leak_na.mc');

	cell.add_channel('channel_plateau.mc');

	cell.add_variants('start', 'off', 'on');
	cell.set_default_option('start', 'off');		//will otherwise default to the first one

	//implement the selected options for the current cell:
	var start = cell.get_selected_option('start');
	if (start == 'off') { cell.starting_voltage = -70; }
	if (start == 'on')  { cell.starting_voltage = 10; }

};
