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A) Schematics of recordings, traces and bar graph showing the firing pattern of LHb neurons (N/n = 7/44). (
B) Bar graphs and single plots reporting electrophysiological properties of LHb neuronal firing activity. (
C) Examples of baseline activity and FsE responses (PSTHs) acquired respectively from a Fs not excited (gray) and a Fs excited (black) neuron. (
D) Bar graphs and plots reporting the electrophysiological properties of the LHb Fs excited (n = 23) and not-excited (n = 21) neurons. Note the typical irregular and low bursty firing activity of the LHb Fs encoding neurons (Unpaired t-test, firing rate, t = 4.11, ***p=0.0002; spikes in burst%, t = 2.63, *p=0.011; coefficient of variation%, t = 4.83, ***p<0.0001). (
E) Schematic of recordings and local pharmacology. Time-course graph reporting the overall effect on firing activity of NBQX/AP5 (N/n = 6/10; One way ANOVA RM, F = 0.46, p=0.61) and vehicle local infusion (N/n = 2/5; One way ANOVA RM, F = 0.51, p=0.61). (
F) Traces, averaged PSTHs, bar graph and plots showing the Fs response on LHb neurons before and after local infusion of vehicle (N/n = 2/5, paired t-test, t = 0.66, p=0.54). N = mice, n-cells. See also
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