Parameter name | Unit | Log2- transform | Used in clustering |
Definition | Comment |
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RMP | mV | y | Resting membrane potential (RMP) - average baseline of all sweeps (sweep - a single trace of voltage response to injected current step) in a trace. | ||
RMP std | mV | n | Used for outlier detection | ||
Input resistance | MΩ | y | Input resistance - regression coefficient between injected current steps and voltage responses, measured over the last 50 ms of each sweep without any action potentials (AP). | ||
SAG DP | mV | y | SAG depolarization (DP) - ratio between steady-state mean voltage computed over the last 50 ms of the current step in sweep with 100 mV membrane voltage and maximum hyperpolarization in the same sweep. | ||
Rheobase current | pA | y | Rheobase current - amplitude of injected current step on which the first AP appeared. | ||
Tau start | ms | y | Tau start or Membrane time constant - base of an exponential curve fit to the −100 mV sweep. | ||
1_spk:Spike count | n | y | y | Number of spikes. From here on 1_spk (first spike) corresponds to the sweep evoked by rheobase current. | |
1_spk:First Spike Lat | ms | y | y | First Spike Latency or Delay - time interval between the beginning of the current step and that of the first AP. | |
1_spk:ADP amplitude | mV | y | Afterdepolarization (ADP) amplitude - difference between the afterhyperpolarization (AHP) peak and the most positive membrane voltage during the fast repolarization phase. | Set to 0 if no ADP was detected. | |
1_spk:ADP latency | ms | y | y | ADP latency - interval between the AHP and ADP peaks. | Set to 0 if no ADP was detected. Constant value of 0.2 (ms) was added to all estimates before log-transform. |
1_spk:AP amplitude | mV | y | AP amplitude - difference between the AP threshold and its positive peak. | ||
1_spk:AP HW | ms | y | AP half-width (HW) - time interval between voltage points corresponding to half of AP amplitude during depolarization and repolarization phase. | ||
1_spk:Thresh amplitude | mV | y | Threshold amplitude - voltage point before the first spike after which voltage grew faster than 10 mV/ms. | ||
1_spk:AHP amplitude | mV | y | AHP amplitude - difference between the AP threshold and the most negative membrane potential reached during afterhyperpolarization. | ||
1_spk:AP decay time | ms | y | y | AP decay time - Time from the AP peak to the AHP peak. | |
Sat:Spike count | n | y | y | Number of spikes. From here on sat (saturation) corresponds to the sweep with the highest number of APs. | |
Sat:Current Step | pA | y | Saturating Current Step - injected current which evokes maximum number of APs. | ||
Sat:First Spike Lat | ms | y | y | Time interval between the beginning of the current step and that of the first AP. | |
Sat:Fmax Init | Hz | y | y | Initial maximum frequency - Inverse of the shortest inter-spike interval (ISI) among the first three spikes. | |
Sat:Fmax SS | Hz | y | y | Steady-state maximum frequency - Inverse of the average mean of the last three ISIs. | |
Sat:Adaptation ratio | % | y | Fmax SS/Fmax init | ||
Sat:AP amplitude | mV | y | Mean difference between the AP threshold and its positive peak for all spikes. | ||
Sat:AP HW | ms | y | Average time interval between voltage points corresponding to half of AP amplitude during depolarization and repolarization phase. | ||
Sat:Thresh amplitude | mV | y | Mean voltage point after which voltage grew faster than10 mV/ms for all spikes. | ||
Sat:AHP amplitude | mV | y | Mean difference between the AP threshold and the most negative membrane potential reached during afterhyperpolarization. | ||
Sat:AP decay time | ms | y | y | Mean time from the AP peak to the AHP peak. |