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Article: Functional diversity of layer IV spiny neurons in rat somatosensory cortex: quantitative morphology of electrophysiologically characterized and biocytin labeled cells.

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Staiger JF; Flagmeyer I; Schubert D; Zilles K; Kötter R; Luhmann HJ
Cereb. Cortex, 2004


Table 3


 Electrophysiological properties of layer IV RS and IB neurons in rat barrel cortex (mean ± SD; for details, see Material and Methods)

RS cells (n = 13) IB cells (n = 57)
Vrmp (mV) -71 ± 1.3 -70 ± 0.5
Rin (MΩ) 146 ± 19.9 155 ± 7.8
Spike threshold (mV) -37 ± 1.2 -39 ± 0.5
Spike amplitude (mV)  73 ± 3.6  66 ± 1.4
Spike duration (ms)   1.1 ± 0.1   1.1 ± 0.1
mAHP amplitude (mV) -12.7 ± 0.9 -11.9 ± 0.3
sAHP amplitude (mV)  -6.6 ± 0.5  -6.6 ± 0.2
First ISI (at low current; ms) 115 ± 8.1   8.2 ± 3.1***
Second ISI (at low current; ms) 295 ± 27.1 111 ± 10.6***
Spiny stellate cells (n)   7  32
Star pyramidal cells (n)   5  16
Pyramidal cells (n)   1   9

Statistically significant differences obtained with pairwise comparisons (Bonferroni corrected) are indicated by ***P < 0.001.


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Inferred neuron-electrophysiology data values

Neuron Type Neuron Description Ephys Prop Extracted Value Standardized Value Content Source
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons resting membrane potential (mV) -71.0 ± 1.3 (13) -71.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons resting membrane potential (mV) -70.0 ± 0.5 (57) -70.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons input resistance (MΩ) 146.0 ± 19.9 (13) 146.0 (MΩ) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons input resistance (MΩ) 155.0 ± 7.8 (57) 155.0 (MΩ) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons spike threshold (mV) -37.0 ± 1.2 (13) -37.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons spike threshold (mV) -39.0 ± 0.5 (57) -39.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons spike amplitude (mV) 73.0 ± 3.6 (13) 73.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons spike amplitude (mV) 66.0 ± 1.4 (57) 66.0 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons spike half-width (ms) 1.1 ± 0.1 (13) 1.1 (ms) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons spike half-width (ms) 1.1 ± 0.1 (57) 1.1 (ms) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons medium AHP amplitude (mV) -12.7 ± 0.9 (13) 12.7 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons medium AHP amplitude (mV) -11.9 ± 0.3 (57) 11.9 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 regular spiking neurons slow AHP amplitude (mV) -6.6 ± 0.5 (13) 6.6 (mV) Data Table
Neocortex layer 4 stellate cell somatosensory cortex layer 4 intrinsically bursting neurons slow AHP amplitude (mV) -6.6 ± 0.2 (57) 6.6 (mV) Data Table