| Data analysis | Data analysis is performed using Igor software (Wavemetrics) and Matlab (MathWorks). |
| Data analysis | Statistical tests are performed with Matlab using, if not otherwise indicated, a Student's t-test in comparison of two datasets, a statistical test comparing the slope of a least-squares linear best fit line to 0, or a least-squares regression to an exponential function when such a trend is expected (subthreshold and action potential attenuation). |
| Establishing the primary visual cortex slice | Visual stimuli are created using MGL, a freeware Matlab suite for psychophysics (http:/ / gru.brain.riken.jp/ doku.php/ mgl/ overview). |