Optogenetic Activation of the Excitatory Neurons Expressing CaMKIIα in the Ventral Tegmental Area Upregulates the Locomotor Activity of Free Behaving Rats
Figure 3
Data of the lever-pressing tasks for both optogenetic rats (denoted “opto rats”) and control rats. (a) Time courses of the total lever presses intrasession for opto rats and control rats individually (see the figure legends). (b) The total lever presses from (a) were averaged across all the six sessions and bar-plotted. (c) The correct rates, indicating the percentages of active lever presses within single sessions, were plotted as time courses for opto rats and control rats (see the figure legends). (d) Bar plot of the correct rates calculated from a total collection of lever-pressing data. For all the subfigures, the error bars in session dots or in bars represent the standard deviation of all the rats undertaking the session ( for each session dot or bar). Single asteroids represent statistical differences between the opto rats and controls, whereas double asteroids represent significant differences between them.
