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Article: Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 L-type calcium channels regulate dopaminergic firing activity in the mouse ventral tegmental area.

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Liu Y; Harding M; Pittman A; Dore J; Striessnig J; Rajadhyaksha A; Chen X
J. Neurophysiol., 2014


Table 2.

Burst properties of dopaminergic cells in wild type (WT), Cav1.2DHP-/- and Cav1.3-/- mice

(S)-(-)-Bay K8644FPL 64176
wild type (WT)1Cav1.2DHP-/-2P1,2wild type (WT)1Cav1.2DHP-/-2Cav1.3-/-3P1,2P1,3
Number of bursting cells after drug application7 of 127 of 14>0.0511 of 167 of 1410 of 22>0.05>0.05
Lag between the start of drug application and bursting (min)9-3716-4011-4013-4214-50
Average lag time (min)22 ± 4.526 ± 3.5>0.0524 ± 3.421 ± 3.629 ± 2.5>0.05>0.05
Number of long-lasting (>30 min) bursting cells7 of 76 of 7>0.0511 of 116 of 76 of 10>0.05<0.05
Number of inhibited cell by 10 μM nifedipine6 of 66 of 6>0.056 of 66 of 66 of 6>0.05>0.05
number of spikes in bursts3-62-132-92-202-19
average number of spikes4.14 ± 0.464.39 ± 1.18>0.054.28 ± 0.794.45 ± 1.125.06 ± 1.46>0.05>0.05
firing frequency before bursts (Hz)0.11 ± 0.080.45 ± 0.16>0.050.75 ± 0.170.29 ± 0.120.0014 ± 0.003>0.05>0.05
firing frequency in the bursts (Hz)1.17 ± 0.271.38 ± 0.32>0.052.01 ± 0.445.91 ± 4.552.26 ± 1.08>0.05>0.05
bursts frequency (Hz)0.06 ± 0.030.10 ± 0.05>0.050.12 ± 0.040.20 ± 0.070.04 ± 0.01>0.05>0.05
interspike interval of spikes in burst (sec)1.02 ± 0.190.93 ± 0.16>0.050.68 ± 0.170.76 ± 0.221.50 ± 0.33>0.05>0.05
interburst interval (sec)24.86 ± 8.2720.44 ± 4.68>0.0513.86 ± 3.7413.16 ± 5.4932.43 ± 5.04>0.05>0.05
  • Values are means ± SE.


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