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Article: Specialized cortical subnetworks differentially connect frontal cortex to parahippocampal areas.

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Hirai Y; Morishima M; Karube F; Kawaguchi Y
J. Neurosci., 2012


Table 1.

Comparisons of electrophysiological and morphological properties between projection subtypes

(a) L2/3 PRC-projecting n (b) L5 PRC-projecting n (c) CTh n Comparisons, ANOVA/post hoc Tukey's test
Passive membrane properties
    Resting potential (mV) −76.0 ± 5.0 60 −65.7 ± 4.8 53 −62.5 ± 3.3 53 a < b** < c**
    Input resistance (MΩ) 89.0 ± 21.9 97.2 ± 21.7 58.1 ± 10.6 c < a, b**
    Time constant (ms) 20.1 ± 5.7 18.3 ± 3.6 12.5 ± 2.7 c < a, b**
Firing properties
    Threshold current (pA) 263 ± 65 60 148 ± 36 53 212 ± 54 53 b < c** < a**
    f-I curve characteristics
    Maximum slope of 1st ISIs (kHz/nA) 0.52 ± 0.26 60 0.41 ± 0.15 53 1.29 ± 0.83 53 a, b < c**
    Linear slope
        Median ISIs (Hz/nA) 50.9 ± 11.0 58 45.8 ± 12.7 53 49.6 ± 6.0 53 b < a*
        3rd ISIs 68.3 ± 19.7 78.4 ± 22.9 42.6 ± 333 c < a, b**
        last ISIs 45.3 ± 11.7 39.5 ± 13.8 46.8 ± 6.7 b < a*, b < c**
    Linear slope ratio of last/third ISIs (constant firing index) 0.67 ± 0.11 58 0.50 ± 0.12 53 1.00 ± 0.12 52 b < a** < c**
Somatodendritic properties
    Soma position from pia (μm) 197 ± 50 21 539 ± 54 11 629 ± 67 10 a < b** < c**
    Basal dendrites
        Primary dendrite number 5.7 ± 1.6 6.5 ± 1.7 7.6 ± 1.6 a < c*
        Branching points (nodes) 31.2 ± 9.5 26.5 ± 7.6 30.4 ± 5.5
        Internode interval (μm) 15.6 ± 3.1 21.5 ± 6.0 19.6 ± 3.0 a < c*, a < b**
        Mean horizontal extent (μm) 79 ± 12 118 ± 21 101 ± 11 a < c** < b*
        Mean vertical extent (μm) 46 ± 8 83 ± 16 64 ± 12 a < c** < b**
        Mean dendritic length from soma to each end (μm) 124 ± 20 212 ± 35 162 ± 21 a < c** < b**
Apical tufts
    Tuft origin from L1-L2/3 border (μm) 25 ± 23 36 ± 28 195 ± 101 a, b** < c
    Tuft area (×100 μm2) 409 ± 171 227 ± 82 527 ± 120 b < a**, c**
    L1 dendritic length (μm) 2368 ± 657 1661 ± 669 2987 ± 1029 b < a*, b < c**
    L1 branching point number 15.2 ± 5.1 10.9 ± 6.1 14.8 ± 6.1
  • Data are mean ± SD; n, number of cells.

  • *p < 0.05;

  • **p < 0.01.


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Inferred neuron-electrophysiology data values

Neuron Type Neuron Description Ephys Prop Extracted Value Standardized Value Content Source
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 2-3 Layer 2/3 frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex resting membrane potential (mV) -76.0 ± 5.0 (58) -76.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5a frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex FI slope 0.5 ± 0.12 (53) 0.5 (Hz/nA) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5 frontal cortex pyramidal corticothalamic projecting cell FI slope 1.0 ± 0.12 (53) 1.0 (Hz/nA) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5a frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex resting membrane potential (mV) -65.7 ± 4.8 (53) -65.7 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5 frontal cortex pyramidal corticothalamic projecting cell resting membrane potential (mV) -62.5 ± 3.3 (53) -62.5 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 2-3 Layer 2/3 frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex input resistance (MΩ) 89.0 ± 21.9 (58) 89.0 (MΩ) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5a frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex input resistance (MΩ) 97.2 ± 21.7 (53) 97.2 (MΩ) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5 frontal cortex pyramidal corticothalamic projecting cell input resistance (MΩ) 58.1 ± 10.6 (53) 58.1 (MΩ) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 2-3 Layer 2/3 frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex membrane time constant (ms) 20.1 ± 5.7 (58) 20.1 (ms) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5a frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex membrane time constant (ms) 18.3 ± 3.6 (53) 18.3 (ms) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5 frontal cortex pyramidal corticothalamic projecting cell membrane time constant (ms) 12.5 ± 2.7 (53) 12.5 (ms) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 2-3 Layer 2/3 frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex rheobase (pA) 263.0 ± 65.0 (58) 263.0 (pA) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5a frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex rheobase (pA) 148.0 ± 36.0 (53) 148.0 (pA) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6 Layer 5 frontal cortex pyramidal corticothalamic projecting cell rheobase (pA) 212.0 ± 54.0 (53) 212.0 (pA) Data Table
Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 2-3 Layer 2/3 frontal cortex corticocortical pyramidal cell projecting to perirhinal cortex FI slope 0.67 ± 0.11 (58) 0.67 (Hz/nA) Data Table