Single Neuron Contributions to the Auditory Brainstem EEG

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the NM population

Variable Mean ± SE Range N
Number of spontaneous spikes 43,700 ± 1100 [10,558, 140,141] 32
Spontaneous rate (1/mean ISI) 151 ± 2 spikes/s [94, 275] spikes/s 32
Amplitude of spontaneous spikes 13.4 ± 0.3 μV [0.7, 28.4] μV 32
SNR of spontaneous spikes 13.86 ± 0.07 dB [8.91, 18.24] dB 32
BF 5580 ± 60 Hz [1250, 7750] Hz 32
Prepotential amplitude 2.20 ± 0.07 μV [0.11, 4.96] μV 19
Prepotential amplitude, % of spike 13.1 ± 0.3% [5.4, 21.2]% 19
Prepotential SD % of spike SD 107.6  ± 1.2% [82.5, 174.9]% 19
Prepotential delay wrt. spike 509 ± 6 μs [340, 820] μs 19
Mode of ISI distribution 900 ± 30 μs [400, 2100] μs 19
  • Abbreviations: SNR: signal-to-noise ratio. ISI: inter-spike interval. BF: best frequency.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 45 no. 22
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