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Article: Optogenetic study of the projections from the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to the central amygdala.

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Gungor NZ; Yamamoto R; Paré D
J. Neurophysiol., 2015


Table 2.

Physiological properties of responsive and nonresponsive BNST-AL neurons

Responsive CellsNonresponsive CellsP Value
Resting potential, mV-62.9 ± 2.4-62.5 ± 1.90.91
Input resistance, MΩ706.9 ± 51.3658.3 ± 50.60.5
Time constant, ms46.9 ± 5.351.6 ± 6.90.6
Rheobase, pA15.3 ± 2.418.7 ± 2.20.31
Spike threshold, mV-43.1 ± 1.1-45.5 ± 1.70.24
Spike latency, ms94.7 ± 12.650 ± 9.20.008*
Spike amplitude, mV81.4 ± 4.378.2 ± 3.90.59
Spike duration at half-amplitude, ms0.62 ± 0.060.69 ± 0.060.41
Firing rate at rheobase, Hz5.1 ± 0.74.7 ± 0.70.69
  • Values are means ± SE for responsive (n = 15) and nonresponsive (n = 15) BNST-AL neurons.

  • * P <0.05.


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Inferred neuron-electrophysiology data values

Neuron Type Neuron Description Ephys Prop Extracted Value Standardized Value Content Source
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell resting membrane potential (mV) -62.9 ± 2.4 (15) -62.9 (mV) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell resting membrane potential (mV) -62.5 ± 1.9 (15) -62.5 (mV) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell input resistance (MΩ) 706.9 ± 51.3 (15) 706.9 (MΩ) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell input resistance (MΩ) 658.3 ± 50.6 (15) 658.3 (MΩ) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell membrane time constant (ms) 46.9 ± 5.3 (15) 46.9 (ms) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell membrane time constant (ms) 51.6 ± 6.9 (15) 51.6 (ms) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell rheobase (pA) 15.3 ± 2.4 (15) 15.3 (pA) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell rheobase (pA) 18.7 ± 2.2 (15) 18.7 (pA) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell spike threshold (mV) -43.1 ± 1.1 (15) -43.1 (mV) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell spike threshold (mV) -45.5 ± 1.7 (15) -45.5 (mV) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell first spike latency (ms) 94.7 ± 12.6 (15) 94.7 (ms) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell first spike latency (ms) 50.0 ± 9.2 (15) 50.0 (ms) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell spike amplitude from resting (mV) 81.4 ± 4.3 (15) 81.4 (mV) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell spike amplitude from resting (mV) 78.2 ± 3.9 (15) 78.2 (mV) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell spike half-width (ms) 0.62 ± 0.06 (15) 0.62 (ms) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell spike half-width (ms) 0.69 ± 0.06 (15) 0.69 (ms) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting regular spiking ChR2-expressing responsive cell firing frequency (Hz) 5.1 ± 0.7 (15) 5.1 (Hz) Data Table
BNST (ALG) anterolateral sector BNST central amygdala-projecting non-ChR2-expressing nonresponsive cell firing frequency (Hz) 4.7 ± 0.7 (15) 4.7 (Hz) Data Table