Table 2.

Size and electrophysiological properties of ECVI neurons

Cm (pF)∅ (μm)RMP (mV)FTP (mV)fspiking (Hz)Rinput (MΩ)Ih (pA)
CA1SO22.6 ± 1.4 (22)*17.8 ± 0.6 (33)−62.9 ± 1.1 (32)*−56.0 ± 1.4 (21)37.8 ± 4.9 (21)*376.7 ± 23.1 (28)*26.4 ± 3.4 (25)*
CA1PY23.5 ± 2.2 (23)*15.2 ± 0.4 (31)*−64.8 ± 0.7 (30)*−55.7 ± 0.6 (26)17.2 ± 1.3 (26)*265.1 ± 27.8 (33)29.2 ± 1.6 (26)*
CA1PYInt19.0 ± 6.0 (2)15.5 ± 2.2 (2)−67.7 ± 1.8 (3)−59.5 ± 4.5 (2)48.0 ± 12.0 (2)381.7 ± 72.4 (2)23.8 ± 8.8 (2)
CA1SR22.7 ± 0.8 (82)*17.8 ± 0.2 (163)−62.7 ± 0.4 (146)*−53.5 ± 0.3 (76)34.5 ± 1.1 (76)*409.1 ± 13.2 (137)*21.9 ± 1.6 (103)*
CA1SLM17.5 ± 1.9 (11)*17.4 ± 0.8 (18)−61.8 ± 1.2 (18)*−54.7 ± 1.0 (6)41.0 ± 5.0 (6)*491.4 ± 52.8 (17)*13.2 ± 6.8 (9)
SbPY37.1 ± 5.0 (7)17.7 ± 0.5 (7)−65.8 ± 0.9 (7)−57.0 ± 1.8 (5)12.0 ± 3.9 (6)280.5 ± 23.8 (16)12.1 ± 2.3 (16)
SbSO34.5 ± 2.8 (16)17.3 ± 0.4 (14)−70.6 ± 1.7 (14)*−54.3 ± 0.9 (15)20.1 ± 2.7 (15)134.0 ± 20.6 (8)24.9 ± 4.6 (6)*
ECII43.9 ± 5.7 (10)18.5 ± 0.4 (10)−65.0 ± 0.3 (10)*−53.3 ± 0.9 (4)12.5 ± 3.8 (4)171.5 ± 36.0 (10)21.0 ± 3.0 (4)
ECIII35.9 ± 4.1 (14)17.7 ± 0.5 (14)−64.7 ± 1.9 (9)*−57.2 ± 0.6 (6)16.0 ± 1.3 (6)168.6 ± 6.8 (14)12.6 ± 8.6 (4)
ECV26.1 ± 1.5 (38)14.1 ± 0.3 (36)*−71.0 ± 1.1 (21)−54.4 ± 1.1 (31)17.6 ± 1.8 (31)289.7 ± 12.0 (42)12.3 ± 1.5 (33)
ECVI36.6 ± 1.5 (48)16.8 ± 0.3 (49)−73.0 ± 1.2 (34)−53.2 ± 0.4 (45)21.5 ± 0.8 (45)271.9 ± 8.4 (54)4.3 ± 0.9 (45)
  • Data shown are average ± SEM. Numbers in parentheses were numbers of neurons examined. Cm, Whole-cell capacitance; ∅, soma diameter; FTP, firing threshold potential; fspiking, frequency of spiking evoked by 500 ms, 150 pA depolarization current; Rinput, input resistance; Ih, h-current calculated from the voltage sag during 500 ms of membrane hyperpolarization.

  • *Values significant from ECVI neurons (p < 0.05, one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Dunnet's multiple comparison test). CA1PYInt, CA1 pyramidal layer interneurons. Other abbreviations are the same as in Table 1.