Article: Noradrenergic excitation of a subpopulation of GABAergic cells in the basolateral amygdala via both activation of nonselective cationic conductance and suppression of resting K+ conductance: a study using glutamate decarboxylase 67-green fluorescent protein knock-in mice.
Table 1Electrophysiological properties of neurons in the BLA
Non-pyramidal cell
Type-A cell (62)
Type-B cell (14)
Type-C cell (13)
Principal cell (18)
Resting potential (mV)
−67±3.5
−69±5.8
−77±5.2
−70±6.7
Membrane time constant (ms)
11.8±1.2⁎⁎
13.6±1.5⁎⁎
9.8±1.0⁎⁎
31.0±4.9
Input resistance (MΩ)
433±13⁎⁎
249±20⁎⁎,#
202±15⁎⁎,##
63.0±7.3
Spike threshold (mV)
−39.6±0.6⁎⁎,†
−44.1±0.8⁎⁎
−42.1±0.5⁎⁎
−35.5±0.5
Spike frequency (Hz)
38.0±6.1⁎,§§
92±32.7⁎⁎,§
144±31.4⁎⁎
21±4.7
Spike width at half-amplitude (ms)
0.90±0.02⁎,§§
0.64±0.18⁎
0.49±0.07⁎⁎
1.06±0.03
PSH (mV)
17.3±2.1⁎
14.3±3.1⁎
14.6±3.2⁎
8.4±2.6
PSH duration (ms)
72.1±8.3⁎⁎
14.1±3.0⁎,##
5.4±0.5⁎,##
8.5±1.8
All the statistical analyses in Table 1 were performed with Mann-Whitney U test.*,** Significantly different from principal cell.#,## Significantly different from type A cell.† Significantly different from type B cell.§,§§ Significantly different from type C cell.⁎P<0.01 and⁎⁎P<0.005, respectively.#P<0.05,##P<0.01, respectively.†P<0.05.§P<0.01,§§P<0.005, respectively.
