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. 2019 Jun 5;12:141. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00141

Table 1.

Comparison of electrophysiological parameters of dopaminergic neurons in the SNc and VTA.

Electrophysiological parameters SNc (Inline graphic ± SEM) VTA (Inline graphic ± SEM) Selected references
Body size (μm2) 176.29 ± 5.84 113.18 ± 3.57 Krashia et al., 2017
Rm (MΩ)   227 ± 10   697 ± 99 Krashia et al., 2017
Cm (pF)   57 ± 2   44 ± 4 Krashia et al., 2017
Sag (mV)     37.3 ± 0.72     31.0 ± 1.72 Neuhoff et al., 2002
Ih (pA)   299 ± 14   45 ± 9 Krashia et al., 2017
Firing frequency (Hz)     2.1 ± 0.2     1.5 ± 0.1 Werkman et al., 2001
Significantly inhibited after pharmacologically blocking Ih Negligible Neuhoff et al., 2002; Krashia et al., 2017
EPSP Obviously enhanced after pharmacologically blocking Ih Negligible Masi et al., 2013
IPSP Significantly inhibited after pharmacologically blocking Ih Negligible Masi et al., 2013
SCR Remarkably activated after pharmacologically blocking Ih Negligible Carbone et al., 2017

Rm, membrane resistance; Cm, capacitance values; EPSP, excitatory post-synaptic potential; IPSP, inhibitory post-synaptic potential; SCR, somatic calcium response.