Table 3.

Absence of side effects of 60 nm veratridine on membrane properties and synaptic transmission of ventromedial interneurons

	Control	Veratridine (60 nm)
Membrane properties (n = 8)
Input resistance (MΩ)	1050 ± 187	1054 ± 226
Membrane potential (mV)	−63.9 ± 2.3	−64.6 ± 2.9
Spike duration (ms)	1.91 ± 0.07	1.94 ± 0.07
Spike amplitude (mV)	50.5 ± 3.1	49.5 ± 2.3
Spike threshold (mV)	−50.7 ± 1.6	−51.9 ± 2.1
Rheobase (pA)	18.5 ± 3.7	19.9 ± 3.2
Synaptic transmission (n = 7)
mEPSCs amplitude (pA)	23.8 ± 2.3	23.3 ± 2.3
mEPSCs interval (ms)	859 ± 183	809 ± 124
mIPSCs amplitude (pA)	45.7 ± 5.7	45.3 ± 4.9
mIPSCs interval (ms)	1362 ± 455	1366 ± 362

n represents the number of cells. Statistical significance was assessed by a Wilcoxon paired test.