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Article: The ventral tegmental area revisited: is there an electrophysiological marker for dopaminergic neurons?

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Margolis EB; Lock H; Hjelmstad GO; Fields HL
J. Physiol. (Lond.), 2006

Inferred neuron-electrophysiology data values

Neuron Type Neuron Description Ephys Prop Extracted Value Standardized Value Content Source
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih negative neuron AHP voltage (mV) -59.0 ± 2.0 (26) -59.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive neuron AHP voltage (mV) -53.0 ± 2.0 (33) -53.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive neuron fast AHP amplitude (mV) 78.0 ± 6.0 (33) -- Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih negative neuron fast AHP amplitude (mV) 89.0 ± 5.0 (26) -- Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih negative neuron resting membrane potential (mV) -45.0 ± 2.0 (26) -45.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive neuron resting membrane potential (mV) -46.0 ± 1.0 (33) -46.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive neuron spike amplitude (mV) 56.0 ± 3.0 (33) 56.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih negative neuron spike amplitude (mV) 57.0 ± 4.0 (26) 57.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih negative neuron spike amplitude from trough (mV) 85.0 ± 5.0 (26) 85.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive neuron spike amplitude from trough (mV) 81.0 ± 4.0 (33) 81.0 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih negative neuron spike threshold (mV) -31.1 ± 0.9 (26) -31.1 (mV) Data Table
Other Ventral Tegmental Area non-tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive neuron spike threshold (mV) -28.0 ± 2.0 (33) -28.0 (mV) Data Table
Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron Ventral Tegmental Area tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive dopaminergic neuron AHP voltage (mV) -53.0 ± 3.0 (35) -53.0 (mV) Data Table
Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron Ventral Tegmental Area tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive dopaminergic neuron fast AHP amplitude (mV) 92.0 ± 5.0 (35) -- Data Table
Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron Ventral Tegmental Area tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive dopaminergic neuron resting membrane potential (mV) -44.0 ± 1.0 (35) -44.0 (mV) Data Table
Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron Ventral Tegmental Area tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive dopaminergic neuron spike amplitude (mV) 60.0 ± 3.0 (35) 60.0 (mV) Data Table
Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron Ventral Tegmental Area tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive dopaminergic neuron spike amplitude from trough (mV) 89.0 ± 3.0 (35) 89.0 (mV) Data Table
Ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron Ventral Tegmental Area tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive Ih positive dopaminergic neuron spike threshold (mV) -24.0 ± 2.0 (35) -24.0 (mV) Data Table

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Experimental condition Value
Species Rats
ElectrodeType Patch-clamp
PrepType in vitro
Strain Sprague-Dawley
RecTemp 31.0
AnimalAge 20.0 - 36.0
JxnPotential Not corrected
InternalSolution 5.0
ExternalSolution 5.0
internal_0_pH 7.2
internal_0_Mg 2.0
internal_0_Na 8.9
internal_0_K 123.0
internal_0_GTP 0.3
internal_0_ATP 2.0
internal_0_EGTA 0.2
internal_0_HEPES 10.0
internal_0_Cl 8.0
external_0_Mg 1.3
external_0_Na 146.2
external_0_K 2.5
external_0_Cl 126.5
external_0_Ca 2.5
external_0_glucose 11.0

Data table listing

Data Table Article Title Authors Journal Year Table needs expert? Ephys table mentions Curated by Times validated
9300 The ventral tegmental area revisited: is there an electrophysiological marker for dopaminergic neurons? Margolis EB; Lock H; Hjelmstad GO; Fields HL J. Physiol. (Lond.) 2006 False 6 Shreejoy Tripathy, Brenna Li, Ryan Sefidpour, 4
9298 The ventral tegmental area revisited: is there an electrophysiological marker for dopaminergic neurons? Margolis EB; Lock H; Hjelmstad GO; Fields HL J. Physiol. (Lond.) 2006 False 0 None
9301 The ventral tegmental area revisited: is there an electrophysiological marker for dopaminergic neurons? Margolis EB; Lock H; Hjelmstad GO; Fields HL J. Physiol. (Lond.) 2006 False 0 None