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. 2015 Feb 12;9:15. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00015

Table 3.

Electrical conductances of soma, dendrites, AIS, and axon hillock.

SOMA AND PROXIMAL DENDRITES
Maximum fast Na+ conductance (gNa), mS/cm2 15:0.15
Maximum delayed rectifier K+ conductance (gKdr), mS/cm2 35:0.3
Maximum persistent Na+ conductance (gNap), mS/cm2 2:0.015
Maximum Ca2+ activated K+ conductance (gK(Ca)), mS/cm2 10:0
Maximum high-threshold Ca2+ conductance (gCaH), mS/cm2 0.008:0
Maximum hyperpolarization-activated mixed cation conductance (gH), mS/cm2 0.1325
Leakage conductance (gL), mS/cm2 4.4:0.072
MEDIUM AND DISTAL DENDRITES
Maximum fast Na+ conductance (gNa), mS/cm2 0.15
Maximum delayed rectifier K+ conductance (gKdr), mS/cm2 0.3
Maximum persistent Na+ conductance (gNap), mS/cm2 0.015
Maximum hyperpolarization-activated mixed cation conductance (gH), mS/cm2 0.1325
Leakage conductance (gL), mS/cm2 0.072
Maximum low-threshold Ca2+ conductance (gCaL), mS/cm2* 0.28
Maximum Ca2+ activated K+ conductance (gK(Ca)), mS/cm2* 0.16
AXON HILLOCK
Maximum fast Na+ conductance (gNa), mS/cm2 15:300
Maximum delayed rectifier K+ conductance (gKdr), mS/cm2 35:400
Maximum persistent Na+ conductance (gNap), mS/cm2 2:10
Leakage conductance (gL), mS/cm2 4.4
INITIAL SEGMENT
Maximum fast Na+ conductance (gNaf), mS/cm2 300
Maximum delayed rectifier K+ conductance (gKdr), mS/cm2 400
Maximum persistent Na+ conductance (gNap), mS/cm2 10
Leakage conductance (gL), mS/cm2 4.4

*Only onto medium dendrites.