Figure 5.

Miniature synaptic currents and plasma corticosterone levels after restraint repeated over 7 days followed by a 24 h delay before recordings. (A₁) Representative raw recording of mEPSCs in control (upper trace) and after restraint (lower trace). (A₂,A₃) Cumulative probability plots of inter-event interval and amplitude distributions in control (white circles/bars) and stress (black circles/bars) conditions. Insets: comparison of the average values ±SEM. (A₄) Overlaid average mEPSCs recorded from representative PNCs from a control rat (naïve) and a rat subjected to repeated restraint (stress). (A₅) Comparison of the average (±SEM) rise time and decay time constant of mEPSCs in control (white bars) and stress (black bars) conditions. (B₁) Representative recording of mIPSCs in control conditions (upper trace) and after restraint (lower trace). (B₂,B₃) Cumulative probability plots of inter-event interval and amplitude distributions in control (white circles/bars) and stress (black circles/bars) conditions. Insets: comparison of the average values ±SEM.