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1 Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shinomoto{at}scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
The firing rates of cortical neurons change in time; yet, some aspects of their in vivo firing characteristics remain unchanged and are specific to individual neurons. A recent study has shown that neurons in the monkey medial motor areas can be grouped into two firing types, "likely-random" and "quasi-regular", according to a measure of local variation of interspike intervals. In the present study, we extended this analysis to area TE of the inferior temporal cortex, and addressed whether this classification applies generally to different cortical areas and whether different types of neurons show different laminar distribution. We found that area TE did consist of two groups of neurons with different firing characteristics, one similar to the "likely-random"-type in the medial motor cortical areas, and the other exhibiting a "clumpy-bursty" firing pattern unique to TE. The quasi-regular type was rarely observed in area TE. The likely-random firing type of neuron was more frequently found in layers V-VI than in layers II-III, while the opposite was true for the clumpy-bursty firing type. These results show that neocortical areas consist of heterogeneous neurons that differ from one area to another in their basic firing characteristics. Moreover, we show that spike trains obtained from a single cortical neuron can provide a clue that helps to identify its layer localization.
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