Table 1. Physiological response properties of different PSTH groups in AVCN.
| response properties | PSTH-groupa | Statistical analyses | ||||
| PL | PLN | CT | CS | ANOVA | Post-hoc testb | |
| Frequency tuning curve | n = 57 | n = 48 | n = 65 | n = 37 | ||
| CF [kHz] | 2.3 (1.6; 7.8) | 18.1 (10.1; 23. | 15.2 (2.6; 29.0 | 14.6 (7.3; 19.6) | P<0.001 | (PL) (PLN CT CS) |
| TRS [dB] | 32±22 | 34±15 | 28±18 | 23±19 | P<0.05 | (PL PLN CT) (PL CT CS) |
| CF-BF [octaves] | 0 (0;−0.66) | 0.21 (0; 1.08) | 0.09 (0; −0.90) | 0 (0;−0.29) | P = 0.197 | (PL PLN CT CS) |
| BF-CF [Hz] | 8 (0; 25) | 8 (0; 29) | 14 (0; 47) | 4 (0; 15) | P = 0.090 | (PL PLN CT CS) |
| spontR [Hz] | 32 (3; 59) | 1 (0;27) | 0 (0; 17) | 7 (0; 26) | P<0.001 | (PL) (PLN CT CS) |
| maxR [Hz] | 162 (126; 216) | 183 (140; 220) | 298 (255; 365) | 410 (284; 486) | P<0.001 | (PL PLN) (CT CS) |
| Q10 | 2.11 (1.47; 2.80) | 2.28 (1.57; 3.47) | 1.89 (1.25; 3.29) | 2.20 (1.38; 3.23) | P = 0.772 | (PL PLN CT CS) |
| DR [dB] | 30 (20; 44) | 30 (25; 45) | 40 (30; 55) | 45 (35; 51) | P<0.001 | (PL PLN) (CT CS) |
| difference of slopes [octaves/10 dB] | 0.16 (0.06; 0.25) | 0.12 (0.03; .23) | 0.07 (0.08; 0.36) | 0.02 (0.01; 0.18) | P<0.05 | (PL PLN CT) (PLN CT CS) |
| PSTH | n = 34 | n = 42 | n = 58 | n = 36 | ||
| peak-over-total [%] | 9.8±4.9 | 6.3±4.3 | 8.4±3.4 | 13.8±4.1 | P<0.001 | (PL CT) (PLN) (CS) |
| ISI mean [ms] | 3.4 (2.8; 4.8) | 3.8 (3.1; 4.6) | 2.6 (2.2; 3.1) | 2.0 (1.6; 2.8) | P<0.001 | (PL PLN) (CT CS) |
| ISI S.D. [ms] | 2.18 (1.7; 2.4) | 2.40 (1.6; 2.9) | 1.34 (1.0; 2.0) | 0.58 (0.4; 0.9) | P<0.001 | (PL PLN) (CT) (CS) |
| FSL mean [ms] | 4.50 (4.0; 6.6) | 3.76 (3.3; 4.7) | 3.88 (3.4; 4.3) | 3.88 (3.4; 4.3) | P<0.01 | (PL) (PLN CT CS) |
| FSL jitter [ms] | 1.15 (0.6; 2.1) | 0.44 (0.2; 0.9) | 0.25 (0.2; 0.8) | 0.39 (0.2; 0.7) | P<0.001 | (PL) (PLN CT CS) |
| SAM | n = 18 | n = 13 | n = 16 | n = 10 | ||
| VS max | 0.52±0.16 | 0.63±0.16 | 0.69±0.13 | 0.72±0.14 | P<0.01 | (PL PLN) (PLN CT CS) |
| fmod VSmax [Hz] | 50 (20;100) | 200 (88; 625) | 200 (150; 200) | 200 (200; 300) | P<0.01 | (PL) (PLN CT CS) |
| fmod VS>0,3 [Hz] | 400 (200; 600) | 1000 (575; 1000) | 500 (400; 750) | 650 (400;900) | P<0.05 | (PL CT CS) (PLN CT CS) |
| entr max | 0.59±0.15 | 0.72±0.12 | 0.79±0.13 | 0.93±0.09 | P<0.001 | (PL) (PLN CT) (CS) |
| fmod entr max [Hz] | 100 (50; 200) | 200 (100; 200) | 200 (200; 300) | 300 (300; 400) | P<0.001 | (PL PLN) (CS CT) |
| Waveform | n = 23 | n = 37 | n = 51 | n = 32 | ||
| SNR | 7.4 (6.3; 9.1) | 6.3 (5.5; 7.6) | 8.4 (6.9; 11.0) | 12.0 (7.9; 14.5) | P<0.001 | (PL PLN) (PL CT) (CT CS) |
| t(AP) [ms] | 0.26 (0.23; 0.32) | 0.32 (0.27; 0.36) | 0.28 (0.23; 0.32) | 0.28 (0.23; 0.35) | P<0.05 | (PL PLN CT CS) |
abbreviations explained in methods.
categorical values are described in text.
a
Means ± S.D./Median (25%, 75%).
b
PSTH groups that do not significantly differ are within one parentheses.