Fig. 3.
ACh suppresses polysynaptic currents of evoked reverberation as well as monosynaptic EPSCs but not IPSCs. A Total charge of the first polysynaptic current (PSC) group decreases after applying 1 μmol/L ACh onto a network; the black horizontal bar indicates the period of ACh application. Inset showing three example traces (1 from “Before”, 2 from “ACh”, and 3 from “Wash”), scale bars, 0.5 nA, 10 ms. B Summary of significant ACh-induced decrease in charge of the first PSC group (from 36.98 ± 3.52 pC to 16.30 ± 2.45 pC, P <0.001, n = 25, paired t-test). C ACh at various doses significantly suppresses EPSC amplitude (normalized to the value before ACh application. 1 μmol/L: 0.46 ± 0.09, P <0.01, n = 6; 5 μmol/L: 0.51 ± 0.11, P <0.01, n = 9; 20 μmol/L: 0.63 ± 0.07, P <0.01, n = 10; paired t-test, ACh vs before). Insets are 20 example traces of EPSCs (light gray) and the average trace (black) from before and in the presence of 20 μmol/L ACh (red), respectively. Scale bars, 0.1 nA, 5 ms. D As in (C) except for IPSC amplitude (1 μmol/L: 1.00 ± 0.02, P = 0.92, n = 7; 5 μmol/L: 0.93 ± 0.04, P = 0.15, n = 8; 20 μmol/L: 0.95 ± 0.04, P = 0.28, n = 9; paired t-test, ACh vs before). Scale bars, 0.2 nA, 10 ms.