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. 2006 Apr 7;2(4):e25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020025

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© 2006 Gisiger and Kerszberg.

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Neurons were first grouped into classes according to their firing patterns during DMS and DPA trials (See Figure 7 for a list of the main classes). Classes were then ranked according to the number of neurons they contain, class 1 containing the largest number of neurons, class 2 the second largest number, and so on. Then, the number of cells in each class was plotted against its rank on a log–log plot. The straight fitted on the data obeys the power law: number of cells = 303 × (neuron class rank)^−1.66.