Table 1. The effect of GAS (300 µM) on active membrane properties of capsaicin-sensitive DRG neurons.

	n	APAmplitude(mV)	APhalf-width(ms)	APmax-rise slope(mV/ms)	APmax-decay slope(mV/ms)	APthreshold(mV)
Control	30	98.57±2.94	2.77±0.21	96.18±5.37	–87.45±5.14	–26.67±2.29
Control + GAS	6	98.46±4. 71	2.83±0.44	96.41±7.91	–98.73±11.41	–22.48±4.56
Diabetic	35	115.39±3.29 *	2.01±0.18 *	124.23±11.55 *	–72.32±8.43 *	–37.39±2.68 *
Diabetic + GAS	25	92.32±2.85 #	2.36±0.20	98.77±5.21 #	–98.52±6.54 #	–22.56±2.32 #

^*represents significant difference between control and diabetes.

^#represents significant difference between GAS and diabetes.