Table 1.

Parameters determined in AP stimulation experiments

Parameter WT R6/2 Significance 
 APs  
RT30–70 (ms) 0.286 ± 0.022 0.49 ± 0.049 *** 
tpeak (ms) 1.183 ± 0.045 1.678 ± 0.091 *** 
t1/2 (ms) 0.745 ± 0.022 1.10 ± 0.112 
 Calcium signals  
2.95 ± 0.008 2.938 ± 0.013  
-ΔRpeak 1.711 ± 0.016 1.376 ± 0.022 *** 
τ1 (ms) 29.69 ± 0.49 38.66 ± 0.98 *** 
τ2 (ms) 512 ± 11.0 544 ± 16.9  
A2/(A1 + A20.111 ± 0.003 0.144 ± 0.005 *** 
 Calcium removal  
Stot (mM) 2.16 ± 0.077 2.06 ± 0.601  
kon,S (µM−1s−15.12 ± 0.118 11.0 ± 3.10  
koff,S (s−10.733 ± 0.017 1.64 ± 0.67  
kNS (s−19,620 ± 282 4,860 ± 216 *** 
 Calcium release flux  
Amplitude (Ms−10.207 ± 0.006 0.081 ± 0.003 *** 
tpeak (ms) 1.98 ± 0.041 2.75 ± 0.078 *** 
Parameter WT R6/2 Significance 
 APs  
RT30–70 (ms) 0.286 ± 0.022 0.49 ± 0.049 *** 
tpeak (ms) 1.183 ± 0.045 1.678 ± 0.091 *** 
t1/2 (ms) 0.745 ± 0.022 1.10 ± 0.112 
 Calcium signals  
2.95 ± 0.008 2.938 ± 0.013  
-ΔRpeak 1.711 ± 0.016 1.376 ± 0.022 *** 
τ1 (ms) 29.69 ± 0.49 38.66 ± 0.98 *** 
τ2 (ms) 512 ± 11.0 544 ± 16.9  
A2/(A1 + A20.111 ± 0.003 0.144 ± 0.005 *** 
 Calcium removal  
Stot (mM) 2.16 ± 0.077 2.06 ± 0.601  
kon,S (µM−1s−15.12 ± 0.118 11.0 ± 3.10  
koff,S (s−10.733 ± 0.017 1.64 ± 0.67  
kNS (s−19,620 ± 282 4,860 ± 216 *** 
 Calcium release flux  
Amplitude (Ms−10.207 ± 0.006 0.081 ± 0.003 *** 
tpeak (ms) 1.98 ± 0.041 2.75 ± 0.078 *** 

Parameters obtained from recordings of APs and Ca2+ transients elicited by extracellular stimulation. See Materials and methods and Results for definitions. Numbers of experiments (WT vs. R6/2) were 39 versus 21 for AP recordings, 138 versus 101 for Ca2+ transients, and 116 versus 64 for Ca2+ removal and Ca2+ release flux determination. *, P < 0.05; ***, P < 0.001.

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