Table 2
Intrinsic membrane properties of GABAergic interneurons and pyramidal cells of deep cortical layers
Age (days) | Vrm (mV) | Rin (MΩ) | τ (ms) | Cm (nF) | Sag ratio | AP width (ms) | AP amplitude (mV) | Fast AHP (mV) | Adaptation index | Maximum firing | |
GABAergic interneurons (n =19) | 21.3 ± 1.3 | **-69.8 ± 1.6 | **162.8 ± 18.7 | ***11.9 ± 1.4 | ***0.10 ± 0.03 | *0.97 ± 0.01 | ***0.42 ± 0.06 | *104.1 ± 3.4 | *18.9 ± 1.1 | ***0.68 ± 0.04 | ***118.2 ± 14.6 |
Pyramidal cells (n =31) | 19 ± 0.6 | -63.5 ± 1.4 | 263.9 ± 22.5 | 30 ± 1.6 | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.91 ± 0.01 | 0.98 ± 0.06 | 113.1 ± 2.9 | 15.2 ± 0.6 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 22.2 ± 2.1 |
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Note: All values are shown as mean ± standard error of mean. Comparison between the properties of interneurons and pyramidal cells (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; Mann-Whitney test).
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Cm, membrane capacitance; AP, action potential.