Table 5.

Effects of muscarine on properties of RB and DL neurons

	RB		DL
	Control	Muscarine	Control	Muscarine
n	36	11	28	7
Number of APs	1.0	1.0	6.5	3.0*
Rheobase current, pA	229.3	246.5	112.9	61.5†
AP threshold, mV	−20.8	−28.9	−25.5	−27.2
AP peak, mV	44.8	37.5	45.9	44.2
AP duration, ms	1.2	1.0*	0.87	0.77
Maximum rate of depolarizatin, mV/ms	140.8	162.1	156.5	143.0
Maximum rate of repolarization, mV/ms	53.1	57.4	80.1	72.8
AHP peak, mV	−47.6	−49.6	−50.3	−30.8

Mean values in control conditions and in the presence of drugs are compared for each parameter, with the exception of AP number, where the median value is reported.

^*P value between 0.0001 and 0.05;

^†P value <0.0001.