Fig. 2

Mice with ongoing paw inflammation have increased gamma oscillatory power in the S1 hindlimb cortex (S1HL). a Time-frequency representation of spectral power in S1HL of naive mice (n = 11, left) and again 4 days after CFA injection in the contralateral hindpaw (right) during recording sessions without stimulation (grand mean, 15–25 episodes per animal). b Mean power in the theta (4–8 Hz), alpha (8–12 Hz), beta (15–29 Hz), gamma (30–100 Hz), low gamma (30–60 Hz) and high gamma (60–100 Hz) frequency bands for 9 s unstimulated episodes shown in a in the naive and CFA-induced inflammatory state (n = 11; *p < 0.05, two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Bonferroni multiple comparison test). c–f Quantification of oscillatory power in defined frequency bands for the 1 s pre-stimulation period and over 2 s post-stimulation (represented in 250 ms time bins) in the S1HL of naive and CFA-inflamed mice during all 0.6 g von Frey filament application trials irrespective of the response behavior (n = 7 per group in all panels; *p < 0.05 compared to naive pre-stimulation baseline, #p < 0.05 compared to own respective pre-stimulation baseline, two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Bonferroni multiple comparisons). Data are represented as mean ± S.E.M.