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. 2016 Feb 4;87(9):958–967. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-311803

Table 1.

Number and firing frequency of cells by subgroup

Primary Secondary static Secondary NBIA
Participants, (n) 14 22 8
Median age in years (range) 13.4 (4.5–18.1) 10.5 (3.3–17.8) 10.1 (4.3–17.2)
GPi cells GPe cells GPi cells GPe cells GPi cells GPe cells
Cells, (n) 123 31 109 39 31 17
Median firing frequency (Hz) 13.5 13.5 9.6 7 25 15.9
Minimum–maximum frequency (Hz) 1–112 2–115 1–66 1–75 6–82 4–72
IQR 8.0–29.5 5.1–24.3 3.2–23.5 6.0–24.4 12.9–38.3 3.3–19.4

GPe, globus pallidus externa; GPi, globus pallidus interna; NBIA, neuronal brain iron accumulation.