Table 2.

Passive and synaptic properties between control low- and high-failure synapses

	P	Control Low Failure	Control High Failure
Rm, MΩ	0.8	365 (275–497)*	374 (293–517)*
Cm, pF	0.2	22 (19–25)*	21 (18–22)*
Vm, mV	0.7	−62 (−69 to −59)*	−64 (−65 to −62)*
Jitter, μs	0.5	85 (64–119)*	77 (58–108)*
spEPSC frequency, Hz	0.2	6 ± 1§	8 ± 2§
spEPSC amplitude, pA	0.7	−33 ± 4§	−32 ± 3§

There are no significant differences between the passive membrane properties and spontaneous synaptic properties between low- and high-failure synapses in the control NTS (see text for definition of low- and high-failure synapses). Jitter is the standard deviation of the mean latency to the first evoked EPSC. spEPSC, spontaneous EPSC.

^*median (25–75% confidence interval).

^§mean ± SE. Low failure n = 46, high failure n = 20.