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. 2024 Dec 12;15:10340. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53901-2

Fig. 3. Synaptic reliability determines magnitude of subthreshold modulation.

Fig. 3

a Multiple overlaid single-trial excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) of one unreliable synapse (i.e., large CV of single-trial EPSP amplitudes during ‘Control’ condition, top) and one reliable synapse (i.e., small CV, bottom). Note enhancement of unreliable synapse by ‘Depol’ condition (presynaptic traces are only shown for one of the two synapses; error bars show mean ± s.d. of n = 20 single-trial EPSP amplitudes; traces were smoothed using a moving average with a 1 ms window). b Relative changes of EPSP amplitudes in response to ‘Depol’ conditions plotted against CVs of single trial EPSP amplitudes during ‘Control’ conditions (experiments with 500 and 1000 ms ‘Depol’-duration were pooled; n = 76 paired recordings; line and error band represent regression line and 95% confidence interval of a linear model). c Top, single-trial EPSPs of an exemplary synapse before and after wash-in of 100 nM DCG-IV. Bottom, averaged EPSPs. d, e Summary plots depicting decrease of synaptic reliability and increase of enhancement by subthreshold depolarizations in presence of DCG-IV (n = 7 paired recordings; two-sided Wilcoxon signed-rank tests; ACSF, artificial cerebrospinal fluid). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.