Dataset from: "Plasticity in voltage-gated ion channels following overwintering in respiratory motoneurons of American bullfrogs"
For a full description of the methods, please check the original paper.
Below, please find a description of the files' content.
Files on firing rates: Hypoglossal_firing rate, Fast vagus_firing rate, Slow vagus_firing rate
Treatment: control and overwintered frogs
Current: input current (in picoamperes: pA) utilized during current clamp experiments to elicit neuronal firing rates
Firing rate: neuron firing rate (in hertz: Hz) elicited by each input current used
Files on membrane properties: Hypoglossal_membrane properties, Fast vagus_membrane properties, Slow vagus_membrane properties
Treatment: control and overwintered frogs
Resting potential: membrane resting potential (in millivolts: mV)
Input resistance: membrane input resistance (in mega Ohm: MΩ)
Files on latency and rheobase: Hypoglossal_latency and rheobase, Fast vagus_latency and rheobase, Slow vagus_latency and rheobase
Treatment: control and overwintered frogs
Latency: latency for first spike (in milli seconds: ms) after current stimulation
Rheobase: minimum current (in pico amperes: pA) necessary to elicit a spike in the measured neuron
Files on Calcium currents: Hypoglossal_Ca currents, Fast vagus_Ca currents, Slow vagus_Ca currents
Treatment: control and overwintered frogs
Voltage: voltage (in millivolts: mV) used in voltage clamp experiments eliciting measured currents
Peak current: current (in pico amperes normalized by capacitance: pA/pF) measured at the peak response
Steady state current: current (in pico amperes normalized by capacitance: pA/pF) measured after the current reached a steady state
Files on Potassium currents: Hypoglossal_K currents, Fast vagus_K currents, Slow vagus_K currents
Treatment: control and overwintered frogs
Voltage: voltage (in millivolts: mV) used in voltage clamp experiments eliciting measured currents
Total current: total potassium current (in pico amperes normalized by capacitance: pA/pF) measured
High threshold current: high threshold potassium current (in pico amperes normalized by capacitance: pA/pF) measured
A-current: potassium A-current (in pico amperes normalized by capacitance: pA/pF), calculated by subtracting high threshold currents from total current
Files on sodium persistent inward currents (NaPIC): Hypoglossal_Na persistent inward currents, Fast vagus_Na persistent inward currents, Slow vagus_Na persistent inward currents
Treatment: control and overwintered frogs
Holding current: in pico amperes normalized by capacitance (pA/pF)
Current amplitude: difference between the holding current and the peak response (in pico amperes normalized by capacitance: pA/pF)
Peak voltage: voltage (in milli volts: mV) where the current peak response was identified
Voltage sensitivity: the slope (in pico amperes over milli volts: pA/mV) of the change in current (in pico amperes: pA) by the change in voltage (in milli volts: mV)
