Table 3.

Pause characteristics in normal and transgenic mice

	GPi		GPe
	Normal(n = 5)	Transgenic(n = 25)	Normal(n = 11)	Transgenic(n = 83)
No. of pauses during 30 s	1.2 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 2.0	2.0 ± 1.3	3.5 ± 3.2
Duration of each pause (ms)	410.3 ± 102.0	1074.8 ± 614.8**	418.5 ± 71.4	871.7 ± 689.7*
Total length of pauses during 30 s (% of time)	1.6 ± 0.6	10.0 ± 8.6*	2.8 ± 1.9	10.3 ± 12.7*
Poisson surprise value for each pause	6.2 ± 3.2	4.4 ± 1.9	5.7 ± 2.9	6.1 ± 4.5

Values are means ± SD.

*p < 0.05 and

**p < 0.01, significantly different from normal (one-tailed t test).