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. 2010 Jan 27;103(4):1748–1757. doi: 10.1152/jn.00949.2009

Table 1.

Impact of Cholinergic agonists on sEPSC parameters

Frequency, Hz Peak Amplitude, pA Rise Time (10–90%), ms Decay Time (90–10%), ms
Baseline (8) 1.15 ± 0.22 15.22 ± 1.09 4.92 ± 0.48 25.89 ± 4.1
Paraoxon (3 μM) 1.70 ± 0.40* 23.35 ± 0.21* 4.74 ± 0.72 29.44 ± 5.86
Baseline (7) 0.75 ± 0.19 16.16 ± 0.19 2.90 ± 0.40 10.6 ± 1.30
Carbachol (50 μM) 1.14 ± 0.26** 15.30 ± 0.14** 3.03 ± 0.34 10.72 ± 1.28
Baseline (5) 1.49 ± 0.37 14.5 ± 2.74 3.38 ± 0.6 17.96 ± 5.90
Nicotine (1 μM) 1.84 ± 0.36* 15.55 ± 2.76* 3.43 ± 0.46 20.36 ± 7.71
Baseline (4) 0.58 ± 0.11 15.43 ± 1.89 2.31 ± 0.27 10.97 ± 1.01
Ambenonium (250 μM) 1.08 ± 0.31* 15.93 ± 2.02 2.26 ± 0.39 11.14 ± 1.63
Baseline (5) 0.69 ± 0.10 14.23 ± 1.73 3.54 ± 0.75 11.70 ± 0.43
Ambenonium (500 μM) 1.61 ± 0.70*** 17.50 ± 1.80 2.49 ± 0.44 11.82 ± 2.10

Values are means ± SD. n are in parentheses. sEPSC, spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic potential.

*

P < 0.05;

**

P < 0.005;

***

P < 0.001.