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. 2023 Aug 30;17:1225758. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1225758

TABLE 2.

Overview of the physiological and morphological properties of BNSTALG neurons in rat, mouse and macaque.

Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Mouse (Mus musculus) Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Type I Type II Type III Other Type I Type II Type III Other Type I Type II Type III Other
Incidence (%) 40–66% (Hammack et al., 2007; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) 11–30% (Hammack et al., 2007; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) 16–30% (Hammack et al., 2007; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) 4–8% (Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013) 13% (Daniel et al., 2017) 22% (Daniel et al., 2017) 54% (Daniel et al., 2017) 11% (Daniel et al., 2017) 3% (Daniel et al., 2017) 16% (Daniel et al., 2017) 56% (Daniel et al., 2017) 25% (Daniel et al., 2017)
Spiking/firing pattern RF,DF (Hammack et al., 2007; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) LTB, RBF (Hammack et al., 2007; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) RF, DF, fIR (Hammack et al., 2007; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) LF (Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013) SA (Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013) RF,DF (Daniel et al., 2017; Walter et al., 2018; Miura et al., 2023) noRBF (Daniel et al., 2017) RBF (Walter et al., 2018; Miura et al., 2023) RF, DF, fIR (Daniel et al., 2017; Walter et al., 2018; Miura et al., 2023) fAHP (Daniel et al., 2017) RF,DF (Daniel et al., 2017) LTB, RBF (Daniel et al., 2017) DF, fIR (Daniel et al., 2017) fAHP (Daniel et al., 2017) SF (Daniel et al., 2017)
Neuro-
transmitter
GABA (McDonald, 1983; Sun and Cassell, 1993; Hammack et al., 2007; Nguyen et al., 2016; Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (McDonald, 1983; Sun and Cassell, 1993; Hammack et al., 2007; Nguyen et al., 2016; Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (McDonald, 1983; Sun and Cassell, 1993; Hammack et al., 2007; Nguyen et al., 2016; Daniel et al., 2017) GABA and GLUT? (McDonald, 1983; Sun and Cassell, 1993; Hammack et al., 2007; Nguyen et al., 2016; Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA and GLUT? (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA (Daniel et al., 2017) GABA and GLUT? (Daniel et al., 2017)
Ion channel expression Ih: HCN2 and HCN3 (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) IA (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) Ih,: HCN1-HCN4 (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) IT: CaV3.1-3.3 (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) IK(IR): Kir2.1-Kir2.4 (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) IA (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) ID (Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013) Ih (Daniel et al., 2017) IA (Hammack et al., 2007; Hazra et al., 2011; Rodríguez-Sierra et al., 2013; Daniel et al., 2017) Ih (Daniel et al., 2017) IT (Daniel et al., 2017) IK(IR) (Daniel et al., 2017) IA (Daniel et al., 2017) ? Ih (Daniel et al., 2017) Ih (Daniel et al., 2017) IT (Daniel et al., 2017) IK(IR) (Daniel et al., 2017) ?
Neuropeptide markers Enk, PKCδ (Daniel and Rainnie, 2016) NPY, SOM (McDonald and Zaric, 2015) CRF (Dabrowska et al., 2013) ? NPY (Walter et al., 2018) Enk, PKCδ (Daniel and Rainnie, 2016) NPY (Walter et al., 2018) CRF (Martin et al., 2010) NPY (Walter et al., 2018) ? ? ? ? ?
Morphology Medium-spiny-like, round, polygonal, fusiform (McDonald, 1983; Larriva-Sahd, 2006) Medium-spiny-like (Daniel et al., 2017) Medium-spiny-like (Fudge and Haber, 2001) Long dendrites, large arborization (Daniel et al., 2017)

RF, regular firing; DF, delayed firing; LTB, low-threshold bursting; RBF, rebound firing; fIR, fast-inward rectification; LF, late firing; SA, spontaneous activity; fAhP, fast afterhyperpolarization; SF, stutter-firing; GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid; GLUT, glutamate; CRF, corticotropin releasing factor; ENK, enkephalin; NPY, neuropeptide Y; PKCδ, protein kinase C type delta.