(A) Signal profiles for different conditions are shown in three electrodes of one culture. Light stimuli (470 nm, 50 ms pulses at 0.5 Hz) with 8% intensity (0.46 mW/mm2) were applied. (B) Raster plot of activity in different experimental conditions (Baseline, NBQX-APV treated, and washout, 12 neurons are shown). Applied episodes of full-field stimulation in each condition are shown in the first row (Light ON, n = 22 pulses per episode). A magnified view of three synchronized burst activity events at baseline is highlighted by a red rectangle below the raster plot. Spontaneous activity was synchronized across all detected neurons. (C) Average action potential frequency and burst frequency of 92 neurons in two multi-electrode arrays. Each circle represents one neuron. Filled circles (black) represent the average activity under each condition. Baseline spontaneous activity and responses to optical stimulation (full-field) before or after NBQX+APV treatment were analyzed using the nonparametric Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test (*P < 0.05 versus Baseline). The average responses to the full-field stimulation in the presence of NBQX+APV were compared with baseline or full-field stimulation before treatment using the nonparametric Friedman test, followed by Dunn’s multiple comparisons test (#P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, and ###P < 0.001 versus baseline or full-field stimulation before treatment). (D) PSTH calculated 200 ms from stimulus timestamp in 3 ms bins of one neuron in untreated (blue) and NBQX+APV treated (green) conditions. Raster plots show the individual responses of the neuron for 44 pulses or 22 pulses (arranged from bottom to top) in NBQX+APV treated (green) and untreated (blue) conditions, respectively. The resulting histogram has been plotted based on cumulative counts per bin.