Table 1 Baseline firing frequencies and burst activity per condition

From: Modulation of cue-induced firing of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons by leptin and ghrelin

 

No food restriction

Food restriction

 

Firing freq.

SWB

Firing freq.

SWB

Saline

1.23 (0.41)

0.21 (0.06)

1.03 (0.26)

0.23 (0.04)

Leptin

0.73 (0.27)

0.19 (0.09)

0.44 (0.1)*

0.32 (0.06)

Ghrelin

1.58 (0.87)

0.21 (0.06)

0.31 (0.24)*

0.08 (0.2)**

  1. Overview of average firing frequency (±s.e.m.), and the fraction of spikes that occur within a burst (SWB; ±s.e.m.) of putative dopamine (DA) neurons. *Significant difference P<0.05 and **Significant difference P<0.01.
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