Table 4.

GnRH neuron excitability parameters and AP kinetics for saline and KA-injected males

ParametersSalineKA
AP threshold (mV)-40.6 + 2.9-42.3 + 2.3
Input resistance (MΩ)745.6 + 36.91892.2 + 984.2
Capacitance (pF)16.7 + 1.015.7 + 1.0
τ (ms)51.0 + 3.761.7 + 6.5
Latency to firing (ms)628.1 + 67.2493.5 + 68.6
ISI first 10 spikes (ms)123.4 + 5.4121.4 + 3.7
Ins. freq. first 10 spikes (Hz)9.9 + 1.29.9 + 0.5
FWHM (ms)2.3 + 0.122.4 + 0.3
AHP31.6 + 2.632.8 + 1.9
Time to AHP3.6 + 0.13.5 + 0.2
Max rise slope187.3 + 11.7158.9 + 3.2
Max decay slope-77.5 + 5.1-75.3 + 4.2
  • ISI first 10 spikes: average ISI of the first 10 evoked spikes; Ins. freq. first 10 spikes, average instantaneous frequency of the first 10 evoked spikes; FWHM, full-width at half-maximum; AHP, afterhyperpolarization; time to AHP, time between the AP initiation and the peak of AHP. Two-sample t tests for each parameter did not identify any differences between controls and KA-injected groups.