diff --git a/Figures/firing_characterization-jb.py b/Figures/firing_characterization-jb.py
index 62b0c11..69ded51 100644
--- a/Figures/firing_characterization-jb.py
+++ b/Figures/firing_characterization-jb.py
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ def plot_sqrt(ax, a=1, b=0.2, c=100, d=0):
 def plot_AUC(ax, a=1, b=0.2, c=180, d=0, width=0.2):
     x = np.linspace(0, 1, 1000)
     y = c*np.sqrt(a*(x - b)) + d
-    ax.plot(x, y, colorslist[2])
+    ax.plot(x, y, colorslist[9])
     ax.set_xlabel('Current [nA]')
     ax.set_ylabel('Frequency [Hz]')
-    ax.fill_between(x, y, where=(x<=b+width), color=lighter(colorslist[2], 0.3))
+    ax.fill_between(x, y, where=(x<=b+width), color=lighter(colorslist[9], 0.3))
     ax.text(0.3, 15, 'AUC', ha='center')
     ax.annotate('', (0.2, 10), (0, 10), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="<->"))
     ax.text(0.1, 20, 'rheobase', ha='center')
@@ -226,19 +226,19 @@ def plot_diff_sqrt(ax, a=1, b=0.2, c=100, d=0, a2=1, b2=0.2, c2=100, d2=0):
 def plot_quadrant(ax):
     ax.spines['left'].set_position('zero')
     ax.spines['bottom'].set_position('zero')
-    ax.text(1.15, -0.15, '$\\Delta$ rheobase', ha='right')
-    ax.text(-0.05, 0.9, '$\\Delta$ AUC', ha='right')
+    ax.text(1.2, 0.05, '$\\Delta$ rheobase', ha='right')
+    ax.text(-0.05, 0.75, '$\\Delta$ AUC', ha='right', rotation=90)
     ax.tick_params(length=0)
     ax.set_xlim(-1, 1)
     ax.set_ylim(-1, 1)
     ax.annotate('', (1, 0), (-1, 0), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->"))
     ax.annotate('', (0, 1), (0, -1), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->"))
-    ax.set_xticks([-0.4, 0.4])
+    ax.set_xticks([-0.5, 0.5])
     a = ax.get_xticks().tolist()
     a[0] = '\u2212'
     a[1] = '+'
     ax.set_xticklabels(a)
-    ax.set_yticks([-0.4, 0.4])
+    ax.set_yticks([-0.5, 0.5])
     b = ax.get_xticks().tolist()
     b[0] = '\u2212'
     b[1] = '+'
@@ -252,18 +252,20 @@ def plot_quadrant(ax):
 scheme_style()
 
 fig = plt.figure(figsize=cm2inch(7, 12))
-gs = gridspec.GridSpec(3,2, top=0.95, bottom=0.1, left=0.15, right = 0.95, hspace=0.8, wspace=0.6)
-ax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs[0,:])
+gs = gridspec.GridSpec(3,6, top=0.95, bottom=0.1, left=0.15, right = 0.95, hspace=0.8, wspace=0.6)
+ax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs[0,1:])
 show_spines(ax1, 'lb')
 plot_AUC(ax1, width=0.2)
 ax3 = fig.add_subplot(gs[1:, :])
 
 # add panel letter labels
-ax_list = fig.axes
-i =0
-for a in ax_list:
-    a.text(-0.25, 1.08, string.ascii_uppercase[i], transform=a.transAxes,size=16, weight='bold')
-    i += 1
+# ax_list = fig.axes
+# i =0
+# for a in ax_list:
+#     a.text(-0.25, 1.08, string.ascii_uppercase[i], transform=a.transAxes,size=16, weight='bold')
+#     i += 1
+ax1.text(-0.25, 1.2, string.ascii_uppercase[0], transform=ax1.transAxes, size=16, weight='bold')
+ax3.text(-0.02, 1.05, string.ascii_uppercase[1], transform=ax3.transAxes, size=16, weight='bold')
 
 show_spines(ax3, '')
 ax3.set_ylabel('$\Delta$ AUC')
@@ -299,3 +301,4 @@ plot_diff_sqrt(ax3_BR, b2=0.4, c2=75)
 ax3_BR.set_ylim(inset_ylim)
 fig.set_size_inches(cm2inch(8.17,12))
 fig.savefig('./Figures/firing_characterization.pdf', dpi=fig.dpi) #bbox_inches='tight', dpi=fig.dpi
+plt.show()
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diff --git a/Figures/firing_characterization.pdf b/Figures/firing_characterization.pdf
index 4396038..cc032d8 100644
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