Table I.

Rise-time and decay-time constants of glycine concentration jump (2 ms) current responses

[Glycine] (nAmplitude Rise time 20–80% Deactivation 
   τ1 (fractional area) τ2 (fractional area) 
mM pA ms ms ms 
10 (13) 170 ± 30 0.42 ± 0.08 5.6 ± 0.8 130 ± 10 
   (3 ± 3%) (97 ± 3%) 
1 (13) 60 ± 10 1.1 ± 0.1 5 ± 2 92 ± 8 
   (1 ± 2%) (99 ± 2%) 
0.5 (9) 18 ± 4 1.2 ± 0.1 4 ± 1 83 ± 6 
   (1 ± 1%) (99 ± 1%) 
[Glycine] (nAmplitude Rise time 20–80% Deactivation 
   τ1 (fractional area) τ2 (fractional area) 
mM pA ms ms ms 
10 (13) 170 ± 30 0.42 ± 0.08 5.6 ± 0.8 130 ± 10 
   (3 ± 3%) (97 ± 3%) 
1 (13) 60 ± 10 1.1 ± 0.1 5 ± 2 92 ± 8 
   (1 ± 2%) (99 ± 2%) 
0.5 (9) 18 ± 4 1.2 ± 0.1 4 ± 1 83 ± 6 
   (1 ± 1%) (99 ± 1%) 

The deactivation phase was fitted with two exponential curves. Recordings were performed with low (10 mM) chloride in the pipette at −100 mV. Data are given as mean ± SDM.

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