Differences in properties of the slow Ca²⁺ oscillations between striatal putative-neurons and astrocytes.

<p>A, Schematic illustration of four parameters of a Ca²⁺ transient. The peak amplitude (ΔR), duration, rise slope, and decay slope are indicated for each value in this figure. B–E, The distributions of the peak amplitude (B), duration (C), rise slope (D), and decay slope (E) of the Ca²⁺ oscillations in putative-neurons and astrocytes in cumulative probability plots. The solid line indicates the distribution of each parameter for the Ca²⁺ oscillations in putative-neurons, and the dashed line indicates the distribution of each parameter for the Ca²⁺ oscillations in astrocytes. <i>P</i>- values from the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test are shown in the plots.