Figure 1
From: Response dynamics of rat barrel cortex neurons to repeated sensory stimulation
Stimulation paradigm and characterization of the adaptation profile. (a) Single neurons were juxtacellularly recorded from vS1 cortex of anesthetized rats while applying deflections to the principal whisker. (b) Histological reconstruction of a sample layer 5 pyramidal neuron. Scale bar, 100 µm. (c) Raster plots and PSTHs for the same neuron as in (b) for different stimulation frequencies. Vertical green lines indicate individual deflections (200 µm in amplitude). Dots in the lower parts of panels indicate individual spikes and rows correspond to trials. (d) The net response rate of the neuron in B during the 3-s stimulation period. (e) The cumulative response of the sample neuron as a function of time normalized to the response to the first deflection. Error bars indicate standard error of the means across trials.
