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Table 1 Summary statistics of firing characteristics for DYT6 patient at first surgery (DYT6-1), second surgery (DYT6-2), and primary dystonic cohort

From: Changes in pallidal neural activity following long-term symptom improvement from botulinum toxin treatment in DYT6 dystonia: a case report

Mean, median, standard deviation

DYT6-1 (n = 7)

DYT6-2 (n = 9)

Dystonic cohort (n = 32)

Spike width (μs)

194.46, 199.25, 294.16

192.30, 185.35, 320.95

199.48, 189.64, 418.38

Mean firing rate (Hz)

54.28, 34.84,58.00

12.43*$, 9.19, 8.59

47.48, 33.91, 46.90

Median firing rate (Hz)

68.90, 47.11, 58.79

35.47, 13.35, 55.59

70.30, 50.37, 59.48

ISI CV

0.99, 0.96, 0.20

0.87, 0.83, 0.26

1.23, 1.11, 0.68

Proportion of spike in bursts

0.15, 0.18, 0.13

0.30, 0.28, 0.25

0.35, 0.32, 0.25

L-statistics

5.71, 6.00, 1.11

5.77, 6.00, 1.85

6.31, 6.00, 2.02

Burst Index

3.10, 3.26, 1.12

6.51, 2.27, 9.95

3.10, 2.75, 1.76

Pause Index

0.12, 0.11, 0.04

0.17, 0.10, 0.28

0.11, 0.10, 0.07

  1. Mean, median, and standard deviation are reported in this order
  2. Statistical significance is indicated with * for difference between first and second surgery and $ for comparison between the second surgery and dystonic cohort