FIG. 5.

Blast induced changes in baseline calcium levels are independent of the changes in Ca²⁺ event rates. Each dot representing a single cell is plotted comparing the change in the mean baseline Ca²⁺ level with the change in the number of Ca²⁺ events over the 100 sec recording period immediately after blast. Day 2 showed a greater divergence in the baseline mean, although both days showed similar cellular responses in the change in Ca²⁺ events. Although the range of values was observed in both blast and sham conditions was similar, the fraction of cells exhibiting stronger deviations from the center was much larger in the blast condition than the sham condition. Large colored dots represent the mean of each value across mice for either the sham or the blast group, and error bars represent the quantile range spanning 95% of the data.