Article: Heterogeneity of Intrinsic and Synaptic Properties of Neurons in the Ventral and Dorsal Parts of the Ventral Nucleus of the Lateral Lemniscus.
Summary of synaptic properties of dVNLL and vVNLL neurons.
Ventral
Dorsal
Lateral
Medial
p
Excitatory postsynaptic currents
Step number
1.13 ± 0.13 (8)
3.00 ± 0.46 (8)
3.85 ± 0.63 (7)
*a, **b
Max. EPSC amplitude (nA)
11.47 ± 1.48 (8)
2.39 ± 0.45 (8)
1.66 ± 0.76 (7)
***a, b
10–90% rise time (ms)
0.18 ± 0.01 (9)
0.40 ± 0.08 (8)
0.44 ± 0.04 (14)
*a, **b
Tau decay (ms)
0.31 ± 0.01 (9)
1.24 ± 0.37 (8)
1.63 ± 0.24 (14)
**b
Inhibitory postsynaptic currents
Step number
2.70 ± 0.26 (10)
2.38 ± 0.26 (8)
2.58 ± 0.36 (12)
Max. EPSC amplitude (nA)
5.95 ± 1.03 (10)
2.80 ± 1.08 (8)
2.80 ± 0.81 (12)
10–90% rise time (ms)
0.37 ± 0.02 (16)
0.49 ± 0.07 (10)
0.48 ± 0.07 (14)
Tau decay (ms)
2.47 ± 0.17 (16)
1.88 ± 0.11 (10)
3.06 ± 0.68 (14)
Values are mean ± SEM. The level of significance between ventral and dorsal was determined using Scheffé’s post hoc test following a single-factor ANOVA test or Games Howell post hoc test following Kruskal-Wallis for non-parametric distributions (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001). Numbers of neurons are given in brackets. aSignificant differences between lateral and medial neurons of the vVNLL. bSignificant differences between dVNLL and lateral vVNLL neurons.
