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. 2020 May 19;14:397. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00397

TABLE 2.

Electrical parameters of the cell body, dendrite, and axon.

Parameter Value
General
Membrane capacitance 1 μF/cm2
Leakage reversal potential −65 mV
Na+ Nernst potential 45 mV
K+ Nernst potential (without K+ accumulation) −90 mV
Ca2+ Nernst potential 140 mV
Soma and dendrite
Max voltage-gated Na+ conductance 80 pS/μm2
Max slow non-inactivating K+ conductance 0.3 pS/μm2
Max fast voltage-gated K+ conductance 20 pS/μm2
Max Ca2+-dependent K+ conductance 3 pS/μm2
Max high-voltage activated Ca2+ conductance 0.3 pS/μm2
Leakage conductance 0.5 pS/μm2
Axonal initial segment (AIS)
Max fast voltage-gated Na+ conductance 1,100–3,200 pS/μm2
Max fast voltage-gated K+ conductance 200–1,000 pS/μm2
Leakage conductance 0.5 pS/μm2
Axon internode section
Myelin conductance 10 pS/μm2
Myelin capacitance 0.1 μF/cm2
PNJ leakage conductance 1 pS/μm2
JXP leakage conductance 1 pS/μm2
JXP max fast K+ conductance 300 pS/μm2
IND leakage conductance 1 pS/μm2
Axon node
Max voltage-gated Na+ conductance 6,000 pS/μm2
Max slow voltage-gated K+ conductance 150 pS/μm2
Leakage conductance 1 pS/μm2

PNJ, paranodal junction; JXP, juxtaparanode; IND, internode.