TABLE 1.Cellular characteristics of neurons recorded from the ventromedial DR and MR
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Area |
RMP (mV) |
Res (MΩ) |
Tau (ms) |
AHP amp (mV) |
AHP t 1/2 (ms) |
AHP dur (ms) |
AP amp (mV) |
AP dur (ms) |
AP thresh (mV) |
DR 5-HT (N = 33) | –63 ± 1.7 | 637 ± 32 | 51 ± 3.0 | 16 ± 0.8 | 132 ± 5.5 | 338 ± 13 | 69 ± 1.4 | 2.0 ± 0.1 | –22 ± 1.7 |
DR Non 5-HT (N = 16) | –68 ± 1.5 | 531 ± 38 | 42 ± 2.6* | 14 ± 1.0 | 117 ± 10 | 325 ± 25 | 63 ± 3.5 | 1.5 ± 0.1* | –23 ± 2.4 |
MR 5-HT (N = 23) | –66 ± 1.6 | 688 ± 35 | 44 ± 2.2‡ | 20 ± 0.7‡ | 137 ± 12 | 307 ± 22 | 72 ± 1.5 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | –20 ± 1.9 |
MR Non-5-HT (N = 14) |
–58 ± 2.8** |
432 ± 57† |
22 ± 2.1† |
15 ± 1.6† |
64 ± 12† |
178 ± 20† |
70 ± 2.0 |
1.5 ± 0.2† |
–27 ± 3.0† |
Values are mean ± SE. *DR 5-HT different from DR non–5-HT: tau t = 2.1, P = 0.04; AP duration t = 3.5, P = 0.001. †MR 5-HT different from MR non–5-HT: RMP t = 2.6, P = 0.01, Res t = 4.0, P = 0.0003; tau t = 6.7, P = 0.00000009; AHP amplitude t = 3.3, P = 0.002; AHP t1/2 t = 4.6, P = 0.000005; AHP duration t = 4.8, P = 0.00003; AP duration t = 3.2, P = 0.003; AP threshold t = –2.2, P = 0.04. ‡DR 5-HT different from MR 5-HT: tau t = 2.2, P = 0.03, AHP amplitude t = –2.8, P = 0.008.