Table 1.

Comparison of amperometric events recorded from chromaffin cells to events from false transmitter-loaded NHT

Chromaffin cellsNHT
Area (fC)138 ± 23224 ± 27
T1/2 (ms)20.7 ± 14.27.6 ± 3.6
Imax (pA)6.8 ± 0.22.7 ± 3.5
Rise time (pA/ms)1.3 ± 2.90.7 ± 1.0
Decay (ms): τ130.0 ± 47.711.7 ± 23.1
Decay (ms): τ288.3 ± 116.728.9 ± 56.1
  • Data are the mean ± SD of pooled values of amperometric events recorded in NL solution. Chromaffin cells, N (cells/terminals) = 4, n (events) = 512. NHT, N = 32, n = 1375. Event decay fit with a double exponential.