Table 1.

Number of action potentials needed to trigger ectopic firing

Cell typeAction potentials required to elicit first ectopic action potentialaNumber of ectopic action potentials evoked in most active run
OFC PV cells (n = 43)1,236 ± 772 triggered action potentials (median 989)102.8 ± 149.7
S1BF PV cells (n = 21)1,516 ± 1,679 action potentials (median 997)64.5 ± 79.6
OFC SOM cells (n = 7)1,808 ± 1,310 (median 1,004)8.4 ± 18.2
  • a The number of action potentials evoked during whole-cell patch-clamp recording prior to the first EAP: mean ± SD.