Figure 4. Characteristics of Pyramidal Cells in CA1, CA2, and CA3 Regions.
(A) Percentage of cells per region that significantly increased or reduced their firing rates during CA1 SPW-R. Bottom part of each bar represents positively modulated percent of cells, middle part (black or dark green) represents negatively modulated cells, and gray represents non-modulated cells. Note that while only a minority of cells is suppressed in most regions (black), approximately half of the CA2 pyramidal cells reduce their firing rates during SPW-Rs (dark green).
(B) Median firing rates (boxes, interquartile ranges; error bars, ranges) of CA1, CA2, and CA3 pyramidal cells during SLEEP and WAKE. CA2 pyramidal cells fired faster in both states compared to CA1 and CA3 (p < 0.01/0.001 for all comparisons during SLEEP and WAKE, Wilcoxon rank-sum test).
(C) While CA1 and CA3 pyramidal cells fired more during SLEEP than WAKE, CA2 principal cells showed the opposite behavior.
Error bars represent ±SEM. See also Figure S3.