Whisker tactile deprivation attenuates the spike threshold potentials and refractory periods at pyramidal neurons of piriform cortex.

<p>The measurement of spikes' threshold potential is showed by dash line in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041986#pone-0041986-g004" target="_blank">Fig. 4A</a>. <b>A</b>) shows the measurement of refractory periods of spike-1 by two pulses at a pyramidal neuron from a control mouse (blue trace) and a whisker tactile deprivation (red trace). <b>B</b>) shows the statistical analyses of spikes' refractory periods at pyramidal neurons from controls (blue symbols) and whisker tactile deprivation (red symbols; n = 15, p<0.01). <b>C</b>) shows statistical analyses in the threshold potentials of sequential spikes at pyramidal neurons from controls (blue symbols) and whisker tactile deprivation (red symbols; n = 17, p<0.01).