. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell Neurosci. 2012 Jan 17;49(3):322–332. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2012.01.003

Table 1.

Membrane properties of gamma MNs (5-htld∷GFP+, n= 8), Fast alpha MNs (n= 7) and Slow alpha MNs (n=8).

Property	Gamma	Fast-like	Slow-like	P Value
Input resistance (MΩ)	82.60 ± 12.66	56.75 ± 5.36	132.83 ± 13.59	<0.001^*
Initial doublet (ms)	24.31 ± 5.13	43.38 ± 7.17	28.96 ± 6.08	<0.05^a
Firing frequency (Hz)	22.50 ± 1.58	22.02 ± 2.22	25.27 ± 2.73	NS
AP threshold (mV)	−37.03 ± 2.02	−33.33 ± 3.99	−34.88 ± 2.35	NS
AP half-width (ms)	0.72 ± 0.04	0.57 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.05	<0.01^a, <0.001^b
AP delay (ms)	19.87 ± 1.33	15.43 ± 2.21	22.43 ± 1.49	<0.05^a, <0.01^b
Rheobase current (pA)	235.00 ± 30	361.43 ± 45.33	175.00 ± 30.65	<0.01^*
AHP amplitude (mV)	3.49± 0.63	3.93 ± 0.49	4.16 ± 0.68	NS
AHP time to peak (ms)	19.97 ± 1.77	17.24 ± 1.32	30.24 ± 3.32	<0.05^a, <0.01^b
AHP half-decay time (ms)	43.01 ± 3.38	32.90 ± 3.22	60.61 ± 5.17	<0.001^*

indicates significant difference between all (one-way ANOVA);

indicates significant difference between Gamma and Fast (student's t-test);

indicates significant difference between Fast and Slow (student's t-test);

NS, not significant.

Values show ± standard error of the mean (S.E.M).