electrodes (Hilgenberg, Germany) of 3-4 MΩ pulled on a P-1000 instrument
(Sutter). Electrodes were filled with an intracellular solution containing (in
mM): 130 K-gluconate, 3 KCl, 4 ATP-Na2, 0.35 GTP-Na2, 8
phosphocreatine-Na2, 10 HEPES, 0.5
ethyleneglycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate
(EGTA), (pH 7.2 set with KOH) and 0.5% biocytin (Sigma) for
post-hoc cell identification. After recordings, brain
slices were immersion-fixed in 4% PFA at 4°C overnight. Recordings were
carried out on an EPC-10 triple amplifier (HEKA) controlled by PatchMaster
2.80.