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Summary of sex differences
| Lateral nucleus |
Basal nucleus |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Firing rate | + | +++ | + | +++ |
| Excitatory measures | ||||
| Spines | + | ++ | + | ++ |
| EPSC | + | ++ | + | ++ |
| Glutamate | + | ++ | + | ++ |
| Inhibitory measures | ||||
| PV | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
| sIPSC | + | ++ | + | ++ |
| mIPSC | + | ++ | + | ++ |
| GABA | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ |
The relative amplitude of measures are presented on a grayscale. Note that females tend to have stronger excitatory influences across measures in the LAT and BA. Number of + symbols indicates amplitude of measure.
