Frequency of miniature excitatory postsynaptic potentials (mEPSPs) in high-sucrose recording solution

Value 15 Hz Range: ±2 Hz
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference Peled ES, Isacoff EY. Optical quantal analysis of synaptic transmission in wild-type and rab3-mutant Drosophila motor axons. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Apr14(4):519-26. doi: 10.1038/nn.2767. p.521 left column top paragraphPubMed ID21378971
Comments "For easier analysis [researchers] therefore initially used a high-sucrose recording solution (see Online Methods), which elevated mEPSP frequency by about four-fold (to 15±2 Hz, n= 7 NMJs Fig. 2a). "
Entered by Uri M
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