Table 2.

Facilitated firing rate modulations are correlated among multiple structures

Layer	R Value VPM	R Value POM	P Value	More Correlated To
II/III	0.1156 ± 0.034	−0.1050 ± 0.034	P < 0.0001	VPM
IV	0.2217 ± 0.030	0.02 ± 0.034	P < 0.0001	VPM
V/VI	−0.001 ± 0.031	0.2529 ± 0.034	P < 0.0001	POM
V/VI Muscimol	0.006 ± 0.028	0.01873 ± 0.034	P < 0.0001	POM

Facilitated firing modulations occurring in layers II/III and layer IV were overall more correlated to facilitated firing modulations occurring in the ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus (VPM), whereas facilitated firing modulations recorded from layers V/VI were generally more correlated to facilitated firing modulations recorded from the posterior nucleus of the thalamus (POM). The inactivation of contralateral S1 drastically changed the periods that facilitated firing rate modulations and were correlated between layers V/VI and VPM (compare V/VI muscimol to control condition). Despite this change, overall facilitated firing rate modulations still remained more correlated to POM.