Table 1.

Intrinsic properties of DGCs from control and epileptic rats

	Control	Epileptic
Resting membrane potential (mV)	−70.5 ± 0.7 (n = 32)	−68.3 ± 0.3 (n = 28)
Input resistance (MΩ)	260.2 ± 22.0 (n = 32)	221.0 ± 13.3 (n = 28)
Membrane time constant (ms)	17.7 ± 1.6 (n = 32)	19.9 ± 1.3 (n = 28)
Action potential firing threshold (mV)	−40.6 ± 1.2 (n = 20)	−40.7 ± 1.1 (n = 23)
Spike amplitude (mV)	53.7 ± 5.7 (n = 20)	54.1 ± 6.0 (n = 23)
Spike half width (ms)	1.05 ± 0.07 (n = 20)	0.91 ± 0.04 (n = 23)
Firing probability (%)	50.6 ± 6.4 (n = 20)	49.6 ± 3.9 (n = 23)