2000
Corticothalamic Inputs Control the Pattern of Activity Generated in Thalamocortical Networks
Blumenfeld H, McCormick D. Corticothalamic Inputs Control the Pattern of Activity Generated in Thalamocortical Networks. Journal Of Neuroscience 2000, 20: 5153-5162. PMID: 10864972, PMCID: PMC6772273, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-13-05153.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxysmal oscillationsThalamic burstsReceptor antagonist CGP 35348Corticothalamic tractsSpindle wavesAntagonist CGP 35348Receptor antagonist picrotoxinSlow-wave sleepHz oscillationsHigh-frequency burstsNormal action potentialPerigeniculate neuronsCGP 35348Antagonist picrotoxinSlow IPSPCorticothalamic inputsFast IPSPsThalamocortical neuronsCortical influencesAbsence seizuresBurst firingCortical neuronsCortical firingThalamocortical networkCorticothalamic networks
1990
Functional implications of burst firing and single spike activity in lateral geniculate relay neurons
McCormick D, Feeser H. Functional implications of burst firing and single spike activity in lateral geniculate relay neurons. Neuroscience 1990, 39: 103-113. PMID: 2089273, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(90)90225-s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsAction potentialsSingle-spike modeThalamic neuronsPostsynaptic potentialsRelay neuronsRhythmic burstsExcitatory inputsLateral geniculate relay neuronsGeniculate relay neuronsPhasic excitatory inputPeripheral receptive fieldsSingle spike activityPeriods of drowsinessLow-threshold Ca2Slow-wave sleepThalamocortical relay neuronsIncoming excitatory inputsHigh-frequency burstsFiring modesNeuronal activityWave sleepSpike activityThreshold Ca2Neurons