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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2009 Aug 16;12(9):10.1038/nn.2366. doi: 10.1038/nn.2366

Table 1.

Statistical evaluation of climbing fiber and Purkinje cell simple spike responses to the training stimuli

Monkey L
Monkey E
Climbing fiber instructive signal
Climbing fiber instructive signal
ρ (spikes per s) θ (°) P value n ρ (spikes per s) θ (°) P value n


×0T/×0BG 0.81 147.8 <0.001 15 ×0T/×0BG 0.84 171.7 <0.001 33
×2T/×2BG 0.66 1.8 <0.001 15 ×2T/×2BG 0.91 −3.9 <0.001 27
×0T/×2BG 0.05 5.3 0.39 15 ×0T/×2BG 0.08 115.3 0.84 30
×2T/×0BG 0.21 54.0 0.02 14 ×2T/×0BG 0.24 −18.6 0.002 26
×1T/×0BG 0.59 152.1 <0.001 12 ×1T/×0BG 0.59 163.9 <0.001 25
×0.5T/×1BG 0.07 15.8 0.24 14
×1.5T/×0.5BG 0.07 −111.1 0.31 15
Paired t test P value N Paired t test P value n


×0T/×0BG ×0T/×2BG <0.001 15 ×0T/×0BG ×0T/×2BG <0.001 30
×0T/×0BG ×1T/×0BG 0.01 12 ×0T/×0BG ×1T/×0BG <0.001 25
×0T/×0BG ×2T/×2BG <0.001 15 ×0T/×0BG ×2T/×2BG <0.001 27
×2T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG <0.001 14 ×2T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG <0.001 26
×0T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG 0.50 14 ×0T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG <0.001 24
×0T/×2BG ×0.5T/×1BG 0.18 13
×0T/×2BG ×1.5T/×0.5BG 0.95 14


Purkinje cell simple spike instructive signal
Purkinje cell simple spike instructive signal
ρ (spikes per s) θ (°) P value n ρ (spikes per s) θ (°) P value n


×0T/×0BG 10.4 −15.0 <0.001 24 ×0T/×0BG 15.0 −16.7 <0.001 34
×2T/×2BG 14.5 163.2 <0.001 23 ×2T/×2BG 16.8 176.9 <0.001 29
×0T/×2BG 12.3 −13.1 <0.001 24 ×0T/×2BG 14.7 −17.1 <0.001 32
×2T/×0BG 14.7 161.5 <0.001 21 ×2T/×0BG 15.6 174.2 <0.001 28
×1T/×0BG 2.5 152.8 0.25 19 ×1T/×0BG 4.8 −173.2 <0.001 29
×0.5T/×1BG 8.1 −24.2 <0.001 16
×1.5T/×0.5BG 11.9 178.9 0.003 17
Paired t test P value n Paired t test P value n


×0T/×0BG ×0T/×2BG 0.19 24 ×0T/×0BG ×0T/×2BG 0.58 32
×2T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG 0.51 21 ×2T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG 0.06 28
×0T/×0BG ×1T/×0BG <0.001 19 ×0T/×0BG ×1T/×0BG <0.001 25
×0T/×0BG ×2T/×2BG <0.001 22 ×0T/×0BG ×2T/×2BG <0.001 27
×0T/×2BG ×2T/×0BG <0.001 25
×0T/×2BG ×0.5T/×1BG <0.001 14
×0T/×2BG ×1.5T/×0.5BG <0.001 15

Population average of the climbing fiber and Purkinje cell simple spike responses elicited by each training stimulus in monkey L (left) and E (right). The population response was calculated as the vector average of the responses in all individual neurons. θ indicates the phase of the neural responses relative to peak ipsiversive head velocity, with positive values reflecting phase lag. A one-sample t test was used to evaluate whether the population response was significantly different from zero during each training stimulus. Paired t tests were used to compare the neural responses to different training stimuli. ρ indicates the amplitude of firing rate modulation.