Table 1.
Intrinsic and firing properties of hippocampal oriens/pyramidale interneurones and pyramidal cells
Cell type | O-LM (n = 15) | Trilaminar (n = 8) | Basket (n = 6) | Bistratified (n = 3) | Pyramid (n = 9) |
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Values are means ± s.e.m. *Significant differences in the values of fast spiking interneurones versus O-LM cells (t test). Repetitive firing parameters were measured within a shorter time interval (200 ms) because of sudden periods of silence in trilaminar cells during a prolonged (500 ms) current step. | |||||
Resting membrane potential (mV) | − 60.0 ± 3.1 | − 61.2 ± 4.6 | − 58.5 ± 2.8 | − 61.3 ± 5.2 | − 65.8 ± 6.5 |
Input resistance (MΩ) | 315.1 ± 41.6 | 167.3 ± 20.9* | 122.9 ± 10.9* | 138.8 ± 8.1* | 160.1 ± 13.6 |
Membrane time constant (ms) | 33.3 ± 1.4 | 16.9 ± 3.1* | 11.2 ± 1.2* | 18.8 ± 1.6* | 37.2 ± 3.6 |
Single action potential | |||||
Half-duration (ms) | 0.84 ± 0.04 | 0.57 ± 0.01* | 0.54 ± 0.04* | 0.63 ± 0.04* | 1.18 ± 0.08 |
AHP decay time constant (ms) | 4.58 ± 0.53 | 0.49 ± 0.07* | 0.82 ± 0.10* | 1.20 ± 0.36* | 7.71 ± 0.95 |
AHP half-duration (ms) | 5.15 ± 1.55 | 0.82 ± 0.13* | 0.98 ± 0.10* | 1.60 ± 0.51* | 8.33 ± 1.56 |
Repetitive firing | |||||
Spikes/nA (within 200 ms) | 36.4 ± 4.1 | 50.3 ± 4.4* | 47.2 ± 5.1 | 46.8 ± 7.1 | 27.0 ± 2.8 |
Kainate-evoked firing | |||||
Spikes/gamma cycle | 0.26 ± 0.04 | 1.82 ± 0.07* | 1.28 ± 0.06* | 1.04 ± 0.05* | 0.18 ± 0.05 |
Frequency peak (Hz) | 8.3 ± 2.1 | 32.1 ± 2.8* | 33.6 ± 2.6* | 35.0 ± 2.5* | 3.5 ± 0.6 |
Peak power (mV2 Hz−1) | 1.9 ± 0.2 | 4.2 ± 0.3* | 3.7 ± 0.3* | 2.9 ± 0.5* | 1.3 ± 0.4 |