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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2011 Oct 20;72(2):344–356. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.09.020

Figure 7. Summary of the coding of fast and slow time scales for units in vM1 cortex after transection of the IoN.

Figure 7

(A) Diagram of the IoN branch of the trigeminal nerve, along with the mean LFP response in vS1 cortex to 50 puffs to the vibrissa shown before and after bilateral nerve transection. (B) Scatter plot of the modulation depth of amplitude versus mean spike rate for all units after nerve transection (N = 78). (C) The mean tuning curve for amplitude across the population. Data for slow variables were transformed into percentiles before averaging, as different vibrissae show distinct ranges of amplitude. The upper scale is the average angle for a given percentile (Fig. 3D). (D) Scatter plot of the modulation depth of midpoint versus mean spike rate for all units after nerve transaction (N = 74). (E) The mean tuning curve for midpoint across the population. The upper scale is the average angle for a given percentile (Fig. 3D). (F) Polar plot of the normalized modulation depth as a function of the preferred phase for the unit, ϕo; only points for significantly modulated units are plotted (N = 12). (G) The mean tuning curve as a function of phase across the population. (H) Firing rate of all units during whisking behavior (N = 78).