Extended Data Fig. 9. Analysis of EC3 axon activity in environment B and the predictions of the Markov chain model.
a-f Characterization of EC3 axonal firing in environment (env) B. a, Normalized mean Δf/f across space for EC3 axons (n = 808, n = 8 animals) in env B. EC3 axons are ordered according to their peak activity location. b, Fraction of EC3 axons as a function of their peak activity location (env A: n = 7, black; env B: n = 8, red; chi-square test, df = 49, p = 3.79E-36). The track is divided into 50 spatial bins of 3.6 cm each. c, Plot of peak locations for average activity from even laps versus odd laps in env B. d, Histogram of peak activity locations of well-correlated axons, located on the unity line. e, Distribution of Pearson’s correlation coefficients for axon-axon comparisons from data in c. f, Spatial selectivity (max/mean) and axon-axon correlation (odd vs. even laps) as a function of peak activity location. The plus symbols indicate values that lie outside 95% CI generated from 1000 shuffles of n = 808 data points. g-n, Modeling of EC3 axon activity in environment B. g, Transition probabilities and chain density, where P0,1 was modulated in 1400 chains by a 1 s step that moved iteratively across the lap. Left. Modeling without tuning added. Right. Modeling with tuning added. h, Heat maps of normalized mean chain activity for 50 laps from population of 2000 chains plotted in space. i, Peak-normalized activity across space for 1000 modeled chains. Color plots for odd and even laps are shown separately. Chains are ordered according to their peak location during the odd laps. j, Scatter plot showing chain activity peak locations for averages made from odd and even laps. k, Histogram of peak activity for all chains. l, Histogram of peak activity locations of well-correlated chains. Peak locations on even trials were within 10 cm of odd trials. m, Distribution of Pearson’s correlation coefficients for chain-chain comparisons from data in j. n, Spatial selectivity (max/mean) and chain-chain correlation (odd vs. even laps) as a function of peak activity location. If not indicated otherwise, data are shown as mean +/− SEM.