Table 2.

Comparisons of synaptic and membrane properties between wild-type and two zebrafish

PropertiesWild-typetwop-value
Spontaneous mEPC frequency (events/min)17.8 ± 8.4 (n = 11)18.5 ± 13.7 (n = 9)0.9
Spontaneous mEPC amplitude (pA)1406 ± 166 (n = 11)85 ± 7 (n = 9)****
Spontaneous mEPC CV0.40 ± 0.09 (n = 11)0.33 ± 0.05 (n = 9)0.05
Asynchronous mEPC amplitude (pA)1543 ± 351 (n = 17)108 ± 21 (n = 13)****
Asynchronous mEPC CV0.35 ± 0.12 (n = 17)0.35 ± 0.06 (n = 13)0.98
EPC amplitude (nA)18.1 ± 4.6 (n = 17)2.9 ± 2.4 (n = 13)****
Quantal content12.0 ± 2.6 (n = 17)25.9 ± 16.9 (n = 13)**
N13.6 ± 3.2 (n = 17)42.3 ± 27.6 (n = 13)***
Pr0.9 ± 0.1 (n = 17)0.7 ± 0.2 (n = 13)***
Paired-pulse ratio; 20 Hz0.72 ± 0.15(n = 8)0.55 ± 0.14 (n = 10)*
Paired-pulse ratio; 50 Hz0.78 ± 0.13 (n = 7)0.54 ± 0.14 (n = 9)**
Paired-pulse ratio; 100 Hz0.74 ± 0.05 (n = 11)0.52 ± 0.09 (n = 13)****
Steady-state depression level; 20 Hz0.33 ± 0.05(n = 8)0.22 ± 0.03 (n = 10)****
Steady-state depression level; 50 Hz0.29 ± 0.04 (n = 7)0.18 ± 0.03(n = 9)****
Steady-state depression level; 100 Hz0.28 ± 0.05 (n = 11)0.14 ± 0.02 (n = 13)****
RRP/site (vesicles); 20 Hz2.0 ± 0.3 (n = 8)1.4 ± 0.4 (n = 10)**
RRP/site (vesicles); 50 Hz2.2 ± 0.2 (n = 7)1.4 ± 0.3 (n = 9)****
RRP/site (vesicles); 100 Hz2.2 ± 0.3 (n = 11)1.5 ± 0.5 (n = 13)***
Reloading rate/site (vesicle/ms); 20 Hz0.007 ± 0.001 (n = 8)0.004 ± 0.001 (n = 10)****
Reloading rate/site (vesicle/ms); 50 Hz0.014 ± 0.003 (n = 7)0.007 ± 0.002 (n = 9)****
Reloading rate/site (vesicle/ms); 100 Hz0.027 ± 0.005 (n = 11)0.012 ± 0.004 (n = 13)****
Muscle input resistance (MΩ)397.4 ± 173.5 (n = 16)385.0 ± 232.4 (n = 20)0.86
Muscle membrane capacitance (pF)70.4 ± 13.8 (n = 16)70.0 ± 15.7 (n = 20)0.95
Muscle resting potential (mV)−62.7 ± 2.0 (n = 9)−64 ± 3.8 (n = 11)0.31
  • All data are presented as mean ± SD, with the number of cells indicated in parentheses.

  • ****p < 0.0001,

  • ***p < 0.001,

  • **p < 0.01,

  • *p < 0.05, 2-tailed t test. Part of the wild-type data were published previously (Wen et al., 2016) and are shown here for comparison with the two data.