Table 1.
Fusiform cells in DCN. * Statistically significant changes (p < 0.01; Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test, with Bonferroni correction). IQR = interquartile range. BI = bimodal integration index (mean). BI values are in bold when there was a significant change in median spiking between “sound” and “whisker + sound” stimulation. Positive BI values would show a bimodal enhancement. Bold values close to zero would show that there is no bimodal integration (just an additive effect of the whisker response). Bold negative BI values mean, that the bimodal response was larger than only sound, but not larger than the sum of sound and whisker stimulation alone. Negative BI values, without a significant difference between sound and whisker + sound, indicates that whisker stimulation alone evoked a response.
| Protocol | Median (spikes/s) | BI | IQR | p-value (Bonferroni corrected) | Effect size r | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Whisker + sound | Sound | Whisker + sound | ||||
| + 50 | 25.82 | 25.31 | −19.81 | 14.16–44.13 | 12.84–47.30 | > 0.9999 | 0.04 |
| + 20 | 26.47 | 28.36 | −10.99 | 15.72–51.44 | 18.29–55.88 | 0.0007* | 0.50 |
| + 10 | 25.18 | 28.80 | −7.14 | 15.24–51.92 | 17.21–54.99 | 0.0042* | 0.35 |
| + 5 | 29.77 | 36.11 | −12.77 | 18.08–56.89 | 18.85–62.02 | 0.0021* | 0.37 |
| −5 | 32.30 | 30.19 | −20.53 | 16.63–52.54 | 15.63–55.67 | 0.9999 | 0.02 |
| −10 | 30.69 | 39.88 | −14.31 | 16.86–55.27 | 20.85–56.88 | 0.0007* | 0.44 |
| −20 | 23.88 | 24.00 | −16.37 | 14.43–47.64 | 14.34–46.64 | 0.9999 | 0.11 |