Figure 3.

The power-of-two-based logic in the medial amygdala (MeA) cell assemblies for processing social information. (A) Four distinct social recognitions: female face, female anogenital area, male face and male anogenital area. Examples of specific-to-general responsive pyramidal cells. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, Wilcoxon signed-rank test. (B) Hierarchical clustering plot shows the existence of 15 distinct neural cliques in the MeA. The datasets were pooled from nine mice (239 responsive units). The Y-axis lists the number of responsive units. Color scale bars indicate the scaled responsiveness of MeA units. (C) Z-score plots show population responses of the 15 distinct neural cliques in the MeA to four distinct social interactions. The number of cells belonging to a given clique is indicated inside each plot. Colored lines (blue, orange, green, purple) indicate different social interaction types.