FIG. 5.

Mild lateral fluid percussion injury (LFPI) effects on timing of single cell responses evoked by simple and complex whisker stimuli. Single cell metrics were extracted from the same analysis windows as for Figures 1–3. Latency to peak firing rate in response to the trapezoidal stimuli (A), object contact stimuli (B), and rough surface discrimation stimuli (C) is shown in the various cortical lamina (indicated to the left of the panel). Recordings are from cells ipsilateral (ipsi) to the site of injury (white circles), contralateral (contra) to the site of injury (grey circles), and in sham animals (black circles). Data represent averages from all responsive cells (±standrd error of the mean) at all tested stimulus velocities and amplitudes (*=ipsilateral vs. sham; #=contralateral vs. sham; p<0.05).