Table 2.

Action potential and passive properties of control and septic rat motoneurons

	Control	Septic
Resting potential, mV	−68.9 ± 3.0	−68.6 ± 2.0
Input resistance, MΩ	1.9 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 0.1
Rheobase current, nA	12.6 ± 2.3	12.9 ± 1.4
AP amplitude, mV	78.2 ± 4.7	76.7 ± 2.0
Rate of AP rise, mV/ms	405 ± 9	396 ± 6
AHP amplitude, mV	1.3 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.5
AHP half-decay time, ms	11.3 ± 1.5	11.6 ± 1.0

Values are means ± SE. Control, n = 6 motoneurons from 5 rats. Septic, n = 8 motoneurons from 4 rats. No differences were statistically significant. AP, action potential; AHP, afterhyperpolarization.