Figure 4

Synchrony and tuning properties difference. (A) Relationship between pairwise synchrony and preferred orientation difference in the control (continuous black line), adaptation (dashed black line) and 60 minutes after adaptation (continuous grey line) conditions (n = 52 neuron pairs). Error bars denote SEM. Curve fits and respective statistics were added. The general shape of the curves is preserved across conditions. However, the adaptation protocol produced a global increase in mean synchrony, which returned toward control level within 60 minutes. (B) Examples of cross-correlation histograms (CCH) for control, adaptation and recovery. In this particular example, an oscillatory activity emerges after adaptation (T ± 20 ms; 50 Hz). However, CCHs displaying oscillatory temporal structures were rarely observed. For this neuron pair, the control preferred orientation difference from raw curves was 22.5°. Adaptation strongly diminished this difference, and was followed by a complete recovery. Curves fits measurements indicate that the preferred orientation difference for this pair changed from 28.8° to 8.6° following the adaptation and returned to 29.2° after 60 min. Confidence intervals at 99.9% and synchronization indexes are indicated for each CCH.