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. 2020 Jun 25;10:10378. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67142-y

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Type I cell Ca2+ transients are insensitive to changes in Em, whereas Type II cell Ca2+ transients are sensitive to changes in Em. (A) Spatio-temporal (ST) map of a Type I cell under control conditions. (B) ST map of the same cell as (A) in the presence of 10 µM pinacidil. (C) Scatter plots summarising the effect of pinacidil (Pinac) on (i) amplitude (P = 0.1245), (ii) time to peak (P = 0.9969), (iii) spatial spread (P = 0.83) and (iv) modal interval (P = 0.7318), in Type I cells (paired t test; n = 8, N = 3). (D) ST map of a Type II cell under control conditions. (E) ST map of the same cell as (D) in the presence of 10 µM pinacidil. Type II cell rhythmic Ca2+ transients are suppressed by changes in Em. (F) Scatter plots summarising the effect of pinacidil on (i) amplitude (P = 0.0138), (ii) time to peak (P = 0.85), (iii) spatial spread (P = 0.0001) and (iv) modal interval (P = 0.0353) in Type II cells. Control= ○, pinacidil = ○ (Paired t test; n = 9, N = 6).