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. 2019 May 1;39(18):3484–3497. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1785-18.2018

Table 1.

Spiking properties upon 2P pulse stimulation with threshold power density

Opsin Light-pulse duration (ms) AP latency (ms) AP jitter (ms) AP count AP probability (%) Laser-power densityb (mW/μm2) Estimated laser-power densityc (mW/μm2)
ReaChR 10 9.48 ± 1.41a (n = 8) 1.84 ± 0.73a (n = 7) 0.98 ± 0.065a (n = 8) 90.58 ± 6.30a (n = 8) 0.14 ± 0.018a (n = 8) 0.072 ± 0.0083a (n = 8)
5 11.16 ± 2.42a (n = 6) 1.82 ± 0.60a (n = 6) 1.11 ± 0.070a (n = 6) 100.00 ± 0.00a (n = 6) 0.13 ± 0.017a (n = 6) 0.064 ± 0.0065a (n = 6)
2 21.10 (n = 1) 3.05 (n = 1) 1.00 (n = 1) 100.00 (n = 1) 0.10 (n = 1) 0.054 (n = 1)
CoChR 10 8.18 ± 0.58a (n = 7) 0.58 ± 0.13a (n = 6) 1.00 ± 0.072a (n = 7) 95.24 ± 4.76a (n = 7) 0.19 ± 0.038a (n = 7) 0.10 ± 0.018a (n = 7)
5 6.74 ± 0.28a (n = 4) 1.10 ± 0.27a (n = 4) 1.08 ± 0.083a (n = 4) 100.00 ± 0.00a (n = 4) 0.11 ± 0.016a (n = 4) 0.056 ± 0.0090a (n = 4)
3 6.93 (n = 1) 0.36 (n = 1) 1.00 (n = 1) 100.00 (n = 1) 0.15 (n = 1) 0.058 (n = 1)
2 4.05 (n = 1) 0.60 (n = 1) 1.00 (n = 1) 100.00 (n = 1) 0.10 (n = 1) 0.049 (n = 1)
ChrimsonR 10 8.50 ± 0.74a (n = 10) 0.67 ± 0.23a (n = 8) 0.89 ± 0.054a (n = 10) 89.33 ± 5.46a (n = 10) 0.24 ± 0.021a (n = 10) 0.13 ± 0.015a (n = 10)
5 6.21 ± 0.72a (n = 6) 1.30 ± 0.26a (n = 6) 0.99 ± 0.082a (n = 6) 93.33 ± 5.77a (n = 6) 0.15 ± 0.012a (n = 6) 0.080 ± 0.0066a (n = 6)
2 5.24 ± 1.06a (n = 8) 0.30 ± 0.13a (n = 5) 0.96 ± 0.12a (n = 8) 87.5 ± 6.10a (n = 8) 0.15 ± 0.021a (n = 8) 0.073 ± 0.011a (n = 8)
ChrimsonR Tg 15 13.32 ± 0.75a (n = 2) 3.16 ± 1.85a (n = 2) 0.82 ± 0.017a (n = 2) 81.67 ± 1.67a (n = 2) 0.38 ± 0.075a (n = 2) 0.15 ± 0.026a (n = 2)
10 9.55 ± 0.66a (n = 5) 2.39 ± 1.08a (n = 4) 0.82 ± 0.11a (n = 5) 77.00 ± 10.20a (n = 5) 0.22 ± 0.012a (n = 5) 0.11 ± 0.013a (n = 5)
5 5.70 (n = 1) 1.15 (n = 1) 0.75 (n = 1) 75.00 (n = 1) 0.15 (n = 1) 0.070 (n = 1)

aMean ± SEM.

bLaser-power density measured at the tip of objective.

cEstimated power density by assuming the scattering length at 1030 nm as 175 μm, which is derived from simulations based on experimental data (Papagiakoumou et al., 2013).