Table 1. Electrophysiological properties of CA3 neurons
| *Calculated from the voltage deflection in response to a −100 pA current injection. †Measured from first spike in response to a +300 pA depolarizing current injection. ‡ADP measured following a single action potential elicited by a 2 ms, +2 nA depolarizing current injection. | |
| Resting membrane potential | −75 ± 1 mV |
| Membrane time constant (*) | 48.4 ± 1.3 ms |
| Input resistance (*) | 167 ± 4 MΩ |
| Extrapolated input resistance (*) | 204 ± 5 MΩ |
| % sag (*) | 17.3 ± 1.1% |
| Mean number of action potentials (current injection: 300/200 pA) | 10.4 ± 0.5/8.0 ± 0.5 |
| Action potential threshold† | −58.1 ± 0.3 mV |
| Action potential peak† | 29.0 ± 0.5 mV |
| Action potential width at 0 mV† | 0.57 ± 0.01 ms |
| ADP amplitude‡ | 15.2 ± 0.5 mV |
| n | 95 |