Table 1.

Comparisons of mEPSC properties in bushy and stellate cells at different ages.

	P7	P14	P21	ANOVA p value
Bushy cell (N)	6	6	9
Frequency (Hz)	0.2 ± 0.3	7.3 ± 5.5**	5.7 ± 4.4*	0.0190*
Amplitude (pA)	−61 ± 28	−80 ± 30	−77 ± 25	0.4293
10–90% rise time (ms)	0.18 ± 0.08	0.13 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01*	0.0684
Decay tau (ms)	0.47 ± 0.12	0.26 ± 0.13**	0.19 ± 0.05**	0.0002**
Stellate cell (N)	10	7	5
Frequency (Hz)	0.8 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 2.6	1.7 ± 2.0	0.5864
Amplitude (pA)	−58 ± 16 (n=9)	−52 ± 18	−53 ± 17	0.7868
10–90% rise time (ms)	0.18 ± 0.07 (n=9)	0.18 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.10	0.8473
Decay tau (ms)	0.48 ± 0.34 (n=9)	0.46 ± 0.22	0.53 ± 0.37	0.9127

Means and standard deviations are shown. N: number of cells;

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

ANOVA, and post hoc Fisher’s tests (between P14 and P7, or P21 and P7); no significant difference was detected in any of the parameters between P14 and P21 in both cell types at any age.