Table 3.

Electrophysiological characteristics of CS cells during acquisition in tetracaine and control groups

Measure		Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Spatial Spec.	Tet	2.55  (  ± 0.27)	3.27  (  ± 1.11)	2.51  (  ± 0.42)
	Con	3.89  (  ± 1.03)	3.90  (  ± 1.03)	5.45  (  ± 2.44)
Rel	Tet	0.40  (  ± 0.13)	0.45  (  ± 0.09)	0.44  (  ± 0.28)
	Con	0.46  (  ± 0.127)	0.50  (  ± 0.09)	0.41  (  ± 0.12)
Info Cont.	Tet	2.20  (  ± 1.27)	2.60  (  ± 0.43)	2.37  (  ± 0.70)
	Con	3.86  (  ± 0.48)	3.09  (  ± 0.52)	3.93  (  ± 0.40)
Spars.	Tet	0.20  (  ± 0.08)	0.15  (  ± 0.03)	0.16  (  ± 0.06)
	Con	0.13  (  ± 0.05)	0.19  (  ± 0.07)	0.08  (  ± 0.005)
Mean Rate	Tet	3.35  (  ± 2.34)	1.56  (  ± 0.54)	1.09  (  ± 0.31)
	Con	1.62  (  ± 0.59)	4.22  (  ± 1.91)	2.76  (  ± 1.49)

The measures of spatially selective firing and mean firing rate during days 2–4 of spatial memory acquisition for the tetracaine and vehicle control groups are shown.

Con, Vehicle control group; Tet, tetracaine group.