Table 1.

Intrinsic electrophysiological properties of OB projection neurons

Intrinsic electrophysiological properties
eplTC mean ± 
SEM, (n)
pTC mean ± 
SEM, (n)
pMC mean ± 
SEM, (n)
ANOVA/Kruskal–
Wallis p value
Tukey's/Dunn's multiple comparisons p value
eplTC
versus
pTC
eplTC
versus
pMC
pTC
versus
pMC
Sag potentials properties
 Peak amplitude (mV)71.97 ± 7.24 [10]88.7 ± 15.82 [13]67.27 ± 5.63 [28]A, 0.24 (F = 1.46)nsnsns
 Steady state (mV)−121.3 ± 6.5 [10]−109 ± 8.39 [13]−115.5 ± 4.89 [28]KW, 0.52nsnsns
 Sag amplitude (mV)11.20 ± 3.43 [10]39.28 ± 17.80 [13]11.53 ± 3.80 [28]KW, 0.63nsnsns
 Sag Index0.86 ± 0.05 [10]0.74 ± 0.09 [13]0.86 ± 0.03 [28]KW, 0.74nsnsns
APS properties
 Current threshold (pA/pF)9.63 ± 1.64 [13]5.46 ± 0.87 [13]3.06 ± 0.37 [27]KW, <0.001ns****
 Voltage threshold (mV)−30.22 ± 2.18 [13]−37.26 ± 2.76 [13]−43.14 ± 1.14 [27]A, <0.001 (F = 13.14)ns***ns
 Maximum voltage (mV)10.48 ± 2.01 [13]14.89 ± 2.24 [13]14.10 ± 1.76 [27]KW, 0.40nsnsns
 Peak amplitude (mV)40.17 ± 1.83 [13]58.56 ± 4.60 [13]58.29 ± 2.06 [27]KW, <0.001*****ns
 WHH (ms)0.80 ± 0.08 [13]0.93 ± 0.06 [13]0.83 ± 0.03 [27]KW, 0.25nsnsns
 Minimum voltage (mV)−46.22 ± 2.05 [15]−54.03 ± 2.30 [11]−56.26 ± 1.87 [27]A, 0.003 (F = 6.41)ns**ns
 AHP on amplitude (mV)17.13 ± 1.57[15]12.61 ± 1.18 [11]16.59 ± 1.10 [27]A, 0.08 (F = 2.58)nsnsns
Repetitive firing properties
 Rheobase (pA/pF)3.03 ± 0.69 [14]1.59 ± 0.29 [11]1.82 ± 0.31 [28]A, 0.08 (F = 2.58)nsnsns
 Slope I/O curve (Hz/pA/pF)7.98 ± 1.38 [13]6.33 ± 1.24 [11]7.21 ± 1.01 [26]A, 0.72 (F = 0.34)nsnsns
 First AP delay (ms)109.8 ± 20.6 [15]169.5 ± 42.1 [11]161.1 ± 29.1 [27]KW, 0.78nsnsns
n APs at rheobase8.14 ± 2.95 [14]5.36 ± 1.22 [11]8.64 ± 2.56 [28]KW, 0.86nsnsns
 Max number of APs29.87 ± 4.76 [15]22.27 ± 3.65 [11]25.321 ± 2.67 [28]KW, 0.67nsnsns
 Max frequency (Hz)110.9 ± 28.1 [15]131.2 ± 25.4 [11]80.1 ± 7.3 [28]KW, 0.19nsnsns
 ISI CV at max firing0.19 ± 0.03 [14]0.47 ± 0.16 [11]0.19 ± 0.02 [27]KW, 0.20nsnsns
 ISI CV2 at max firing0.10 ± 0.13 [14]0.27 ± 0.10 [11]0.11 ± 0.01 [27]KW, 0.33nsnsns
  • Mean values ± SEM and number of cells (n) of sag currents, AP properties, and repetitive firing properties for eplTCs and ML's pTCs and pMC. Statistical differences between cell types were calculated independently with a one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc correction for normally distributed data (A) or with a Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn's post hoc correction for non-normally distributed data (KW). Individual data points and example traces are presented in Figures 3, 4, and 6.