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Table 2.

Files used and created by QUANTAN

Name	Created by	Content
File¹.pfl	Created by a user; modified by “Adjust parameters” and “Automatic count” modules	A list of detection parameters is followed by a list of the files analyzed
Data¹.txt	“Automatic count” module	Each line represents a single EPSC or mEPSC and includes: number of detected quantal events; onset; termination; amplitude; integrated signal; latencies of all the quantal peaks
Data.av	“Automatic count” module	Each of the six columns represents: an average failure of transmission; an average EPSC classified as unitary; an average EPSC classified as double quantal; an average EPSC classified as triple quantal; an average mEPSP; an average sweep
File.res	“Quantal Content” module	All the calculated parameters of synaptic activity (Table 3)
File.mqc	“Quantal Content” module	Distribution of countal content obtained by direct counts
File.qaa	“Quantal Content” module	Distribution of quantal sizes
File.tam	“Quantal Content” module	Distribution of EPSC sizes
File.lat	“Quantal Content” module	Latency distribution

The filename “File” is selected by user

² The filename “Data” corresponds to the name created by acquisition software (PClamp, Axon Instruments)