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. 2020 Dec 4;26(2):443–455. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00960-8

Fig. 3. Decoding cholinergic synaptic properties with genetically encoded sensor iAChSnFR.

Fig. 3

A Schematic of stimulation-imaging experiments in ex vivo mouse basolateral amygdala (BLA) preparation. B Fluorescence responses of an iAChSnFR expressing amygdalar neuron evoked by a prolonged train of 1920 stimulating pulses at 16 Hz. Plots of cumulative (C) and individual (D) releases against stimulus numbers enable estimations of the readily releasable pool size, refilling rate, release probability of cholinergic synapses at the amygdalar neuron. Note in C a straight cyan line (f(x) = 0.081 ● x + 0.0068) fitted to the late points of blue cumulative trace with its y-axis intercept and slope taken as the pool estimate and vesicle refill rate, respectively, and in D cyan trace representing averages of blue individual releases, corresponding to the release probability. Note the collection of exemplary animal experimental data made with the recently published project [32].