Table 1.

Physiological properties of oligodendrocyte lineage cells

	N	Vm (mV)	Cm (pF)	NaV (pA)	Rinput (MΩ)
Differentiation stage
NG2+ cells (group 1)	21	−89 ± 0.4	20 ± 1.3	664 ± 86	293 ± 87
Pre-OLs (group 2)	6	−87 ± 0.9	74 ± 8.5	71 ± 43	439 ± 89
OLs (group 3)	21	−58 ± 1.7	48 ± 6.6	0.000	58 ± 15
Statistical significance
NG2+ cells versus pre-OL		p < 0.05	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.05
NG2+ cells versus OL		p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Pre-OL versus OL		p < 0.001	NS	p < 0.05	p < 0.001

NS, Not significant; V_m, resting membrane potential; C_m, membrane capacitance; R_input, membrane resistance.