Table 1.
Decay time constants for NMDAR-mediated synaptic currents over early postnatal development.
| P15 | P30 | P45 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tau (ms) | n | P | Tau (ms) | n | P | Tau (ms) | n | P | ||
| Pyramidal Neurons | ||||||||||
| Mecp2 WT | Control | 116±8 | 12 | ** | 70±4 | 11 | n.s. | 73±5 | 13 | n.s. |
| Ifenprodil | 76±10 | 12 | 60±4 | 12 | 67±5 | 13 | ||||
| Mecp2 KO | Control | 102±6 | 15 | ** | 90±5 | 10 | ** | 74±3 | 18 | ** |
| Ifenprodil | 69±8 | 10 | 71±5 | 8 | 60±4 | 10 | ||||
| Parvalbumin Interneurons | ||||||||||
| Mecp2 WT | Control | 104±6 | 12 | ** | 82±5 | 10 | ** | 56±5 | 11 | n.s. |
| Ifenprodil | 61±6 | 13 | 55±5 | 9 | 55±6 | 8 | ||||
| Mecp2 KO | Control | 102±4 | 13 | ** | 60±5 | 11 | n.s. | 56±4 | 13 | n.s. |
| Ifenprodil | 71±5 | 10 | 48±5 | 9 | 52±4 | 13 | ||||
Tau = Time constant of NMDAR-mediated synaptic current decay; n=number of cells;
P <0.01,
ANOVA with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons