Table 2.

Comparison of the dendritic properties of neocortical pyramidal neurons in different lamina

	Layer 2/3	Layer 5	Layer 6
Na+ channels	1	2,3
Ca2+ channels	1	2,3,4,5,6
K+ channels	()1	7,8	()
Active bAPs	1	2
Critical frequency	1209	9810	96
Local Na+ spike	9	3,11
Local Ca2+ spike	() short9	2,3,4	short
Local NMDA spike	(basal)12	11,13
BAC firing	9	14

Parentheses indicate that only indirect evidence is available.

¹Waters et al. (2003);

²Stuart and Sakmann (1994);

³Larkum et al. (2001);

⁴Schiller et al. (1997);

⁵Markram et al. (1995);

⁷Korngreen and Sakmann (2000);

⁸Bekkers (2000);

⁹Larkum et al. (2007);

¹⁰Larkum et al. (1999a);

¹¹Nevian et al. (2007);

¹²Gordon et al. (2006);

¹³Larkum et al. (2009);

¹⁴Larkum et al. (1999b).