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Table 3.

Procedures implemented in the “Quantal Content” module

Parameter	Methods
EPSC size	Amplitude of the average superimposed EPSC
	Area of the average superimposed EPSC
	Distribution of EPSC amplitudes, mean, S.D., and C.V
	Distribution of EPSC areas, mean, S.D., and C.V
Quantal size	Amplitude of the average superimposed unitary EPSC
	Area of the average superimposed unitary EPSC
	Amplitude of the average superimposed mEPSC
	Area of the average superimposed mEPSC
	Distribution of the amplitudes of unitary EPSCs, mean, S.D., and C.V
	Distribution of mEPSC amplitudes, mean, S.D., and C.V
	Distribution of unitary EPSC areas, mean, S.D., and C.V
	Distribution of mEPSC areas, mean, S.D., and C.V
Quantal content	Area measurements
	Amplitude measurements
	Direct counts
Frequency of asynchronous quantal events	Average number of mEPSCs per sweep
Latency	Distribution of latencies of detected quantal events
Latency	Filtered latency histogram
Synaptic activity as a function of a stimulus trial	EPSC amplitude
Synaptic activity as a function of a stimulus trial	mEPSC frequency