Table 3.

AP properties of FS neurons in PFC

Stimulation protocolGenotypeNo. of neurons/miceAHP (mV)Threshold (mV)AP peak amplitude (mV)AP half-width (ms)Maximum rise slope (mV/ms)Maximum decay slope (mV/ms)
Current injection of 500 ms at rheobaseWT–VEH17/522.55 ± 0.75−38.13 ± 0.5161.46 ± 1.570.50 ± 0.01255.83 ± 11.37−159.38 ± 7.06
WT–TAM14/324.17 ± 0.74−37.56 ± 1.1860.98 ± 1.950.48 ± 0.01248.11 ± 10.68−179.13 ± 7.84
AS–VEH15/622.75 ± 1.25−36.54 ± 0.6555.19 ± 1.740.61 ± 0.02183.39 ± 13.65−118.98 ± 8.02
AS–TAM25/522.57 ± 0.59−37.50 ± 0.6661.20 ± 1.400.51 ± 0.01226.44 ± 9.73−158.6 ± 5.57
Statistics
    Two-way ANOVA (genotype × treatment) F/p valuesF(1,68) = 0.83, p = 0.36F(1,68) = 0.38, p = 0.35F(1,68) = 4.51, p = 0.03F(1,68) = 6.93, p = 0.01F(1,68) = 4.31, p = 0.04F(1,68) = 1.57 p = 0.21
Post-hoc Bonferroni p values
    AS–VEH versus WT–VEH0.00010.0010.0001
    AS–VEH versus WT–TAM0.00010.0040.0001
    AS–VEH versus AS–TAM0.00010.00010.05
Current injection of 1 ms and 1 nAWT–VEH17/519.39 ± 0.94−43.92 ± 0.9769.96 ± 2.150.49 ± 0.01297.42 ± 14.46−175.15 ± 9.23
WT–TAM14/318.76 ± 1.01−45.10 ± 1.3069.65 ± 2.130.46 ± 0.01316.21 ± 10.87−198.49 ± 8.18
AS–VEH15/621.60 ± 1.33−39.53 ± 1.5762.09 ± 2.770.56 ± 0.01234.81 ± 14.54−133.58 ± 7.06
AS–TAM25/520.17 ± 0.67−44.42 ± 0.6372.22 ± 1.050.47 ± 0.01310.29 ± 6.24−190.11 ± 6.22
Statistics
    Two-way ANOVA (genotype × treatment) F/p valuesF(1,68) = 0.13, p = 0.70F(1,68) = 5.78, p = 0.019F(1,68) = 10.30, p = 0.002F(1,68) = 8.08, p = 0.006F(1,68) = 9.64, p = 0.003F(1,68) = 8.06 p = 0.006
Post-hoc Bonferroni p values
    AS–VEH versus WT–VEH0.030.0050.00010.00010.0001
    AS–VEH versus WT–TAM0.0110.0350.00010.00010.0001
    AS–VEH versus AS–TAM0.0010.0010.00010.00020.0003