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. 2015 Dec 3;10(12):e0144012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144012

Table 1. Properties of the two main types of pyramidal neurons in turtle visual cortex.

Mean and standard deviation for all values.

Parameter Type A Type B
(n = 80) (n = 145)
Rheobase Current (pA): 33.9 ± 13.0 72.6 ± 19.3
AP Voltage Threshold (mV): -38.9 ± 2.3 -40.2 ± 3.7
AP Height (mV): 64.7 ± 4.8 59.4 ± 5.2
Maximum AP Downslope (mV/ms): -34.4 ± 8.6 -23.2 ± 5.0
AP half-width (ms): 2.2 ± 0.3 3.1 ± 0.6
Resting Membrane Potential (mV): -53.2 ± 2.8 -65.8 ± 3.7
Input Resistance (MΩ): 423 ± 80 271 ± 56
AP Frequency Adaptation Ratio: 0.874 ± 0.104 0.499 ± 0.084
AP Duration at Threshold (ms): 59.9 ± 18.0 82.9 ± 47.5
AHP Time to Peak (ms): 56.2 ± 20.5 32.9 ± 15.5
AP Duration Increase (%): 14.6 ± 6.7 23.1 ± 7.7
AP Amplitude Decrement (%): 4.3 ± 3.4 1.0 ± 3.9
ISI Variability: 15.1 ± 5.4 39.8 ± 10.0
Membrane Time Constant (ms): 198 ± 42 121 ± 27