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Published in final edited form as: J Neurochem. 2017 Aug;142(Suppl 2):103–110. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14073

Table 1.

summarizes AP properties of cholinergic neurons across multiple studies. Data reported includes median/mean, 95% confidence interval/range, and cell number (n) where possible.

REF AREA ChAT+ Identification Species & Age RMP (mV) Firing Rate (Hz) AP Amplitude (mV) AP Threshold (mV) AP Half-Width (ms) AHP Amplitude (mV) Input Resistance (MΩ)

Median
[95% CI] (n)
Median
[95% CI] (n)
Median
[95% CI] (n)
Median
[95% CI] (n)
Median
[95% CI] (n)
Median
[95% CI] (n)
Median
[95% CI] (n)

This paper & Jiang et al. 2016 NBM ChAT tau-GFP tg, mouse PND 60+ −58.1
[−61.2,−54.71 (8)
4.7
[0, 43.8] (7)
62.4
[45.2,74.2] (8)
−37.3
[−39.2,−34.4] (8)
1.8
[1.4,3.0] (8)
16.3
[10.5,19.8] (8)
288
[281,309] (8)

NBM ChAT tau-GFP/ChAT-Cre tg + DIO-oChIEF, mouse PND 60+ −59
[−63.2,−57.8] (19)
2
[2.9, 7.3] (17)
61.3
[49.8,62.4] (21)
−41.6
[−43.0,−36.7] (19)
2.5
[2.4,4.1] (21)
8.8
[7.0,14.0] (20)
162
[151,366] (18)

NBM ChAT-Cre tg + DIO-oChIEF, mouse PND 60+ −59.2
[−62.5,−57.2] (16)
4.2
[3.9, 11.65] (16)
65.3
[53.6,71.7] (16)
−45.6
[−49.1,−41.3] (16)
1.9
[1.7,3.4] (16)
12.2
[7.9,14.0] (16)
198
[153,268] (15)

Mean ± SEM (n) Mean ± SEM
[Range] (n)
Mean ± SEM
[Range] (n)
Mean ± SEM (n) Mean ± SEM
[Range] (n)
Mean ± SEM
[Range] (n)
Mean ± SEM
[Range] (n)

Hedrick et al. 2010 NBM C57/BL6 + ChAT Immunohistochemistry, mouse PND 42–54 −55.4 ± 4.8 (7) 20 64.0 ± 3.4 (9) −31.5 ± 2.8 (9) 0.52 ± 0.04 (9) sAHP: 13.3 ± 2.2 (9)
fAHP: 16.6 ± 3.5 (9)
251 ± 17.7 (9)

Bengtson et al. 2000 NBM Wistar Rat + ChAT Immunohistochemistry, PND 6–18 −65.3 ± 2.7 (13) [6–13] 60 ± 9.0 (13) −41 ± 1.0 (8) 1.3 ± 0.1 (13) 23 ± 1.7 (13) ND

Markram et al. 1989 MS Rat + ChAT Immunohistochemistry, PND 6–18 −65 ± 7 (7) [4–10] 76.1 ± 4.2 (7) ND ND [15–20] 135 ± 53 (7)

Serafin et al. 1996 MS Rat/Guinea Pig, PND 14–20 (rat)/100–150g (guinea pig) −60.2 ± 0.34
[−58 – −62]
8.5 ± 0.2
[7.3–10] (13)
69.6 ± 1.8
[60–80] (13)
ND 1.18 ± 0.1
[9–1.5] (13)
18.6 ± 1.0
[16–22] (13)
143.2 ± 9.1
[96–186] (12)

Sotty et al. 2003 MS SD Rat + single cell RT-PCR PND 13–19 ND 16.3 ± 1.6 (14) ND ND ND 7.4 ± 0.7 (14) ND

Hedrick et al. 2016 NBM ChAT-Cre/Ai32 (ChR2-YFP), mouse PND 21–35 −44.8 ± 2.1 (10) [15–20] 61.9 ± 5.2 (10) −27.9 ± 1.0 (10) 0.58 ± 0.03 sAHP: 13.5 ± 2.7 (10)
fAHP: 16.8 ± 2.5 (10)
163.4 ± 26.7 (10)

Hedrick et al. 2016 NBM ChAT-Cre/Ai35 (Arch-GFP), mouse PND 21–35 −49.2 ± 4.5 (7) -- 62.1 ± 4.4 (9) −28.2 ± 1.5 (9) 0.61 ± 0.03 sAHP: 19.6 ± 2.9 (8)
fAHP: 10.4 ± 16 (8)
233.6 ± 45.4 (9)