Table 9.
Firing properties of different neuronal populations
Pyramidal cells (n = 24) | Interneurons (n = 66) | |
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Amplitude accommodation, mV | 12.0 ± 1.3 | 4.2 ± 0.5 |
U(24,66) = 242 | p = 9.10-8 | |
Int <<< Pyr | ||
Amplitude of early adaptation, Hz | 95.1 ± 7.8 | 77.5 ± 5.4 |
U(24,66) = 551 | p = 0.02753 | |
Int < Pyr | ||
Time constant of early adaptation, ms | 15.4 ± 1.5 | 25.2 ± 2.1 |
U(24,66) = 398 | p = 0.00023 | |
Pyr <<< Int | ||
Maximal steady-state frequency, Hz | 45.6 ± 2.8 | 92.0 ± 7.5 |
U(24,66) = 315 | p = 0.00001 | |
Pyr <<< Int | ||
Late adaptation, Hz/s | -24.6 ± 1.9 | -189.3 ± 151.0 |
U(24,66) = 633 | p = 0.14899 | |
n.s. |
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Pyr, Pyramidal cells; Int, interneurons; n, number of cells; Mann-Whitney U tests and corresponding exact p values; < and <<< indicate significantly smaller with p < 0.05 and <0.001, respectively; n.s., not statistically significant.