Table 4.

Average inhibitory strength displayed by noncommon cell pairs according to brain state and cell type and the layer distribution in the EC of the postsynaptic cell

Strength (%) in noncommon pairsDuring theta state onlyDuring SO state only
Target cell typeTarget cell type
PCIntPCInt
EC2042 ± 5 (n = 5)53 ± 4 (n = 15)34 ± 3 (n = 6)
EC3035 ± 2 (n = 3)58 ± 4 (n = 20)40 ± 5 (n = 7)*
EC50058 ± 6 (n = 4)63 (n = 1)
  • Values represent mean ± SEM. Tables list the average strength of inhibition displayed by noncommon cell pairs according to the brain state, cell type, and layer location of the postsynaptic cell. We found that the postsynaptic interneurons from the EC3 pairs during SO alone showed significantly lower average inhibition than the corresponding principal cells (*p < 0.01).