Fig. 3.

Involvement of firing activities of pyramidal neurons in the mPFC in social hierarchy. A) Diagram of electrode location in the mPFC. B) Superimposed composite of all the waveforms for the same pyramidal neuron. C) Spontaneous discharge signals of a representative pyramidal neuron. D) Comparison of the spontaneous discharge signals of representative pyramidal neurons in subordinate and dominant mice. E) Effects of social hierarchy status on the firing rates of pyramidal neurons. F) Effects of social hierarchy status on the inter-spike intervals of pyramidal neurons. *p < 0.05, compared with subordinate mice, n = 10–11 per group.