TABLE 4

Single-cell RT-PCR results from 37 neurons from mice P14–21

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Interneuron marker
 PV expressing100%78%78%11%67%
 SOM expressing95%81%86%0%81%
 NPY expressing86%75%86%4%79%
 CCK expressing100%57%86%0%100%
Firing properties
 Fast spiking100%50%75%25%50%
 Regular spiking88%73%85%0%82%
Soma location
 slm80%80%60%0%60%
 so94%81%88%6%81%
 sr87%60%93%0%87%
All interneurons
 Detection count332631129
 Percentage89%70%84%3%78%
  • a Percentage of cells.

  • After harvesting the intracellular contents of each recorded cell, soma localization was evaluated using fluorescence microscopy and assigned to stratum oriens (so), stratum pyramidale (sp), stratum radiatum (sr), stratum lacunosum moleculare (slm), stratum granulosum (sg), or hilus. Cells were categorized as fast spiking if they sustained high-frequency (>150 Hz) action potential discharge with little or no decrement in spike amplitude during a strong depolarizing current pulse of long duration (1 nA, 800–1000 ms) or regular spiking if they exhibited significant accommodation in spike frequency and decreasing spike amplitude during the same depolarizing current injection. See Supplemental Table S2 for explicit results from all cells.