Fig. 8.

Comparisons of the firing properties of the bursting neurons following chronic spinal transection in control and bicuculline/strychnine cocktail. A–F: group data comparing firing properties (mean marked by X) of the bursting neurons following chronic spinal transection in response to increasing stimulus intensity in control and bicuculline/strychnine cocktail. A: evoked spike count in control (n = 30; except n = 29 at 1×) and drug cocktail (n = 49 for all intensities). B: field potential in control (n = 30; except n = 29 at 1×) and drug cocktail (n = 49 for all intensities). C: field latency (only nonzero values) in control (n = 30; except n = 29 at 1×) and drug cocktail (n = 49 for all intensities). D: burst duration in control (n = 30; except n = 29 at 1×) and drug cocktail (n = 49 for all intensities). E: first-spike latency (only nonzero values) in control (n = 28, 1×; n = 29, 2×; n = 30, 5×; n = 30, 10×) and drug cocktail (n = 49; except n = 46 at 1×). F: spontaneous firing rate in control (n = 30; except n = 29 at 1×) and drug cocktail (n = 49 for all intensities). Significant difference (‡P < 0.001) using a two-way unbalanced ANOVA is shown. The box and whisker plots show the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum, without outliers.