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Table 1 Active and passive membrane properties of aIC and pIC pyramidal neurons in both sexes

From: Sexual differences in neuronal and synaptic properties across subregions of the mouse insular cortex

Misure

Area

Sex

Median

MAX

MIN

n/N

Two-way Anova Main effects and interactions

Multiple comparison (Šidák’s post hoc test)

Cm (pA/pF)

aIC

M

205.9

294

95.67

14/10

Interaction:

p = 0.9586

Area:

F (1.65) = 15.93

p = 0.0002

Sex:

F (1.65) = 1.323

p = 0.2543

aIC Male vs pIC Male

p = 0.0103

aIC Female vs pIC Female

p = 0.0153

aIC Male vs aIC Female

p = 0.7007

pIC Male vs pIC Female

p = 0.6001

F

200.2

302.1

82.38

13/6

pIC

M

92.73

271.8

21.66

28/15

F

102.1

235.2

28.54

20/12

Vr (mV)

aIC

M

− 73.45

− 66

− 79.07

14/10

Interaction:

p = 0.4244

Area:

F (1.70) = 39.08

p =  < 0.000

Sex:

F (1.70) = 1.791

p = 0.1852

aIC Male vs pIC Male

p = 0.0002

aIC Female vs pIC Female

p =  < 0.0001

aIC Male vs aIC Female

p = 0.3378

pIC Male vs pIC Female

p = 0.8815

F

− 75.34

− 71.75

− 80.78

13/6

pIC

M

− 67.19

− 60

− 76

28/15

F

− 69.69

− 57.34

− 78.22

20/12

Rh (pA)

aIC

M

125

240

50

14/10

Interaction:

p = 0.3339

Area:

F (1.69) = 35.52 p

 =  < 0.0001

Sex:

F (1.69) = 5.301

p = 0.0243

aIC Male vs pIC Male

p = 0.0010

aIC Female vs pIC Female

p =  < 0.0001

aIC Male vs aIC Female

p = 0.0828

pIC Male vs pIC Female

p = 0.4825

F

190

280

120

13/6

pIC

M

90

160

30

28/15

F

80

220

20

20/12

Number of APs (+ 150 pA)

aIC

M

3.5

10

0

10/14

Interaction: p = 0.5648

Area:

F (1. 60) = 18.33

p =  < 0.0001

Sex:

F (1. 60) = 6.156

p = 0.0159

aIC Male vs pIC Male

p = 0.0019

aIC Female vs pIC Female

p = 0.0241

aIC Male vs aIC Female

p = 0.3748

pIC Male vs pIC Female

p = 0.0480

F

0

6

0

6/13

pIC

M

8

23

0

15/28

F

4

18

0

12/20