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. 2012 Nov 12;591(Pt 4):1111–1131. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.242750

Table 1.

AP parameters following the 1st and 20th AP of a train

ANOVA main effects P

Cell type Control SNL4 SNL5 Injury AP repeat Injury × AP repeat
N Ai 55 25 41
Ao 91 44 28
C 31 6 12
Diameter (μm) Ao 38.9 ± 0.8 39.3 ± 1.0 37.7 ± 1.6 0.73
Ai 41.7 ± 0.8 39.4 ± 1.8 37.6 ± 0.9* 0.007
C 32.5 ± 1.7 33.7 ± 2.0 31.2 ± 1.7 0.61
Initial RMP Ao −60.8 ± 0.9 −62.7 ± 1.0 −61.3 ± 1.0 0.4
Ai −65.7 ± 0.9 −63.2 ± 1.3 −58.6 ± 0.8 <0.001
C −66.7 ± 1.5 −65.8 ± 3.0 −66.1 ± 1.4 0.93
CV Ao 1st (m s−1) 22.1 ± 0.9 20.5 ± 1.2 16.5 ± 1.1 0.006 <0.001 0.07
20th (m s−1) 19.5 ± 0.8§§ 18.7 ± 1.2§§ 14.8 ± 1.0§§
Δ (%) −11.4 ± 0.9 −9.3 ± 1.5 −10.0 ± 1.8 0.4
Ai 1st (m s−1) 17.9 ± 1.1 14.0 ± 1.3 15.2 ± 1.0 0.1 <0.001 0.26
20th (m s−1) 15.7 ± 0.9§§ 12.4 ± 1.0§§ 14.08 ± 1.0§§
Δ (%) −9.9 ± 1.6 −10.5 ± 2.0 −7.5 ± 1.2 0.37
C 1st (m s−1) 0.8 ± 0.0 0.8 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.1 0.46 0.001 0.24
20th (m s−1) 0.7 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.0 0.8 ± 0.0§
Δ (%) −8.5 ± 3.8 −11.5 ± 2.7 −15.9 ± 6.2 0.56
APamp Ao 1st (mV) 69.2 ± 1.5 75.7 ± 1.8* 71.4 ± 2.3 0.07 0.55 0.24
20th (mV) 70.9 ± 1.5 75.5 ± 2.1* 71.0 ± 2.4
Δ (%) 2.8 ± 1.21 −0.0 ± 1.90 −0.3 ± 1.67 0.26
Ai 1st (mV) 80.9 ± 1.7 85.7 ± 2.1 71.7 ± 1.8† <0.001 <0.001 0.001
20th (mV) 79.6 ± 1.7 80.8 ± 3.1 62.2 ± 2.6§§**††
Δ (%) −1.2 ± 1.5 −5.8 ± 2.5* −13.6 ± 2.3** <0.001
C 1st (m s−1) 87.2 ± 2.2 85.0 ± 4.4 79.7 ± 3.2 0.34 0.95 0.21
20th (m s−1) 82.2 ± 2.4 78.9 ± 6.0 77.8 ± 4.0
Δ (%) −4.2 ± 2.5 −0.8 ± 3.4 −2.9 ± 4.3 0.84
APd Ao 1st (ms) 0.8 ± 0.0 0.72 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.1 0.005 <0.001 0.15
20th (ms) 1.1 ± 0.1§§ 1.0 ± 0.1§§ 1.3 ± 0.1§§
Δ (%) 48.7 ± 2.9 41.6 ± 4.1 30.8 ± 4.4** 0.007
Ai 1st (ms) 1.0 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1 1.6 ± 0.1* <0.001 <0.001 0.8
20th (ms) 1.5 ± 0.1§§ 1.5 ± 0.1§§ 2.0 ± 0.1§§*
Δ (%) 47.3 ± 5.4 39.9 ± 7.1 31.1 ± 3.3 0.06
C 1st (m s−1) 3.3 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.3 0.83 0.03 0.25
20th (m s−1) 2.8 ± 0.1§§ 3.2 ± 0.3 3.2 ± 0.4
Δ (%) −13.9 ± 4.0 −6.8 ± 3.9 −7.6 ± 6.6 0.59

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Injury effect P indicates the ANOVA main effect of injury for the parameter in that row. For post hoc comparisons: different from Control *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; different from SNL4 †P < 0.05, ††P < 0.01; 20th different from 1st §P < 0.05, §§P < 0.01. AP, action potential; APamp, action potential amplitude; APd, action potential duration; CV, conduction velocity; n, number of cells; RMP, resting membrane potential; SNL, spinal nerve ligation; SNL4, 4th lumbar ganglion after SNL; SNL5, 5th lumbar ganglion after SNL.