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. 2017 Sep 27;97(4):1619–1747. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00007.2017

Table 1.

Electrophysiological properties of the identified interneuron clusters

Cluster 1 (n = 15) Cluster 2 (n = 23) Cluster 3 (n = 34) Cluster 4 (n = 33) Cluster 5 (n = 19) Cluster 6 (n = 18) Comparison
Resting potential, mV −57 ± 5 −64 ± 7 −70 ± 10 −57 ± 10 −59 ± 10 −54 ± 6 3<<1,2,4,5,6
Input resistance, MΩ 116 ± 63 216 ± 124 302 ± 139 431 ± 193 401 ± 212 219 ± 98 1<<2,3,4,5,6,
Time constant, ms 13 ± 8 46 ± 18 25 ± 8 44 ± 15 38 ± 13 22 ± 9 1<<3,6<<<2,4,5
Sag index 0.84 ± 0.06 0.79 ± 0.09 0.88 ± 0.06 0.80 ± 0.10 0.80 ± 0.07 0.71 ± 0.15 1,2,4,5,6 < 3
Frequency at 2X threshold, Hz 70 ± 26 19 ± 9 27 ± 10 17 ± 7 18 ± 6 27 ± 13 2,4,5<<3,6<<<1
Adaption ratio at 2X threshold 0.88 ± 0.13 0.64 ± 0.22 0.80 ± 0.12 0.56 ± 0.17 0.44 ± 0.17 0.46 ± 0.17 4,5,6 < 2<<<3 < 1
1st Spike threshold, mV −32 ± 4 −38 ± 3 −34 ± 4 −35 ± 3 −36 ± 3 −38 ± 4 2,4,5,6 < 3,1
2nd Spike threshold, mV −32 ± 4 −37 ± 3 −34 ± 4 −35 ± 3 −35 ± 4 −37 ± 4 1,2,3,4,5,6
1st Spike amplitude, mV 47 ± 7 62 ± 8 52 ± 9 62 ± 6 48 ± 10 59 ± 8 1,3,5 < 2,4,6
2nd Spike amplitude, mV 48 ± 8 61 ± 7 52 ± 9 61 ± 6 48 ± 10 60 ± 7 1,5 < 3<<2,4,6
1st Spike half-width, ms 0.54 ± 0.11 0.74 ± 0.11 1.06 ± 0.20 0.81 ± 0.09 1.04 ± 0.15 0.72 ± 0.10 1<<<2,6<<4<<<3,5
2nd Spike half-width, ms 0.54 ± 0.11 0.77 ± 0.12 1.08 ± 0.21 0.86 ± 0.10 1.12 ± 0.14 0.77 ± 0.10 1<<<2,6<<4<<<3,5
1st Time to repolarize, ms 3.1 ± 1.2 4.3 ± 1.6 9.6 ± 4.1 10.8 ± 7.8 20.4 ± 12.7 11.5 ± 6.8 1 < 2<<<3,4,6 < 5
2nd Time to repolarize, ms 3.1 ± 1.1 4.7 ± 1.5 9.9 ± 3.7 13.1 ± 7.7 23.2 ± 10.1 16.3 ± 10.0 1<<2<<<3,4,6<<5
1st Maximal decay slope, mV/ms −112 ± 24 −96 ± 17 −55 ± 13 −79 ± 16 −50 ± 12 −83 ± 14 1 < 2 <4,6<<<3,5
2nd Maximal decay slope, mV/ms −113 ± 26 −91 ± 18 −55 ± 13 −74 ± 15 −46 ± 10 −78 ± 14 1<<2<<4,6<<<3<<5
1st AHP amplitude, mV 25 ± 3 21 ± 3 20 ± 3 19 ± 3 13 ± 3 14 ± 3 5,6<<<4<<2,3<<1
2nd AHP amplitude, mV 25 ± 4 22 ± 3 21 ± 4 20 ± 4 15 ± 4 15 ± 3 5,6<<<2,3,4<<1
1st AHP half-width, ms 29 ± 16 55 ± 36 72 ± 31 124 ± 76 85 ± 41 63 ± 31 1 < 2,3,4,5,6
2nd AHP half-width, ms 27 ± 15 76 ± 47 69 ± 33 129 ± 50 116 ± 63 82 ± 32 1<<<2,3,6 < 4,5

n, Number of cells; < indicates significantly smaller with P ≤ 0.05; << indicates significantly smaller with P ≤ 0.01; <<< indicates significantly smaller with P ≤ 0.001. [From Tricoire et al. (1138) with permission from Society for Neuroscience.]