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. 2008 Dec 1;587(Pt 2):379–399. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.159129

Table 3.

Proportions of glutamatergic and glycinergic interneurons in which monosynaptic EPSPs and oligosynaptic IPSPs were evoked by stimulation of group I and II afferents of various nerves

Group I Group II


Excitatory Inhibitory Excitatory Inhibitory




Ipsilateral Bilateral Contralateral Ipsilateral Ipsilateral Bilateral Contralateral Ipsilateral
n 5 6 3 22 5 6 3 22
EPSPs from nerves:
Q 2 5 1 7 4 2 0 13
Sart 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 7
PBST 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
ABSM 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
GS 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
DP 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 10
IPSPs from nerves:
Q 4 4 2 14 1 5 0 9
Sart 5 2 0 2 1 4 0 4
PBST 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
ABSM 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
GS 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
DP 1 3 2 2 4 5 2 6
From same nerve as EPSP 4 4 2 10 3 5 1 10
From other nerves 11 6 2 14 4 11 1 10

PSPs evoked by stimuli not exceeding 2T were classified as being evoked from group I afferents, and as monosynaptic or disynaptic if the latencies were less than 1.1 ms (EPSPs) or 1.8 ms (EPSPs and IPSPs), respectively. PSPs evoked at thresholds 2–4T and latencies ranging from 2 to 4.5 ms were classified as being evoked from group II afferents.