Ethanol exposure during the third trimester equivalent does not affect GABAA or AMPA receptor-mediated spontaneous synaptic transmission in rat CA3 pyramidal neurons

Table 1 Summary of characteristics of large (≥100 pA) and small (≤ 100 pA) sEPSCs

Parameter	Control	Ethanol	Statistics
Frequency (Hz)
Large events	0.35 ± 0.04 (n = 6)	0.24 ± 0.05 (n = 6)	U = 12; P = 0.14
Small events	1.35 ± 0.25 (n = 8)	0.96 ± 0.16 (n = 8)	t(14) = 1.26; P = 0.22
Amplitude (pA)
Large events	232.2 ± 14 (n = 8)	255.2 ± 26 (n = 8)	t(14) = 0.78;P = 0.44
Small events	34.6 ± 1.9 (n = 8)	41.5 ± 3.1 (n = 8)	t(14) = 1.88; P = 0.08
Rise time (ms)
Large events	2.08 ± 0.11 (n = 8)	1.86 ± 0.10 (n = 7)	t(13) = 1.33; P = 0.2
Small events	1.5 ± 0.12 (n = 8)	1.47 ± 0.13 (n = 8)	t(14) = 0.16; P = 0.86
Half-width (ms)
Large events	10.08 ± 0.67 (n = 8)	8.9 ± 0.46 (n = 7)	t(13) = 1.38; P = 0.18
Small events	8.76 ± 0.69 (n = 8)	8.3 ± 0.86 (n = 8)	t(14) = 0.4; P = 0.69

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