Fig. 5: Other-shock and self-freezing encoding in the vmPFC.
From: Ventromedial prefrontal neurons represent self-states shaped by vicarious fear in male mice
a Change in activity of other-shock responding neurons during 2-s shock bouts compared to preceding 2-s interval. The black line represents the n.s. group. b Proportion of other-shock responding neurons. c Neural activity sorted by the degree of correlation with the self-freezing rate of mouse #2 (Pearson’s correlation coefficient, two-sided). d Proportion of neurons significantly correlated with self-freezing rate. e Change in activity of self-freezing correlated neurons during 2-s shock bouts compared to preceding 2-s interval (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, two-sided; −2–0 s vs 0–2 s). The black line represents the n.s. group. f Shock correlations of self-freezing correlated neurons (Kruskal–Wallis test, n = 355 cells). g Freezing correlations of other-shock responding neurons (Kruskal–Wallis test, n = 351 cells). **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001, n.s. not significant. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (error bars and shadows). See Supplementary Information for exact p values. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
