2010
Endogenous Electric Fields May Guide Neocortical Network Activity
Fröhlich F, McCormick DA. Endogenous Electric Fields May Guide Neocortical Network Activity. Neuron 2010, 67: 129-143. PMID: 20624597, PMCID: PMC3139922, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials Carry Synchronized Frequency Information in Active Cortical Networks
Hasenstaub A, Shu Y, Haider B, Kraushaar U, Duque A, McCormick D. Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials Carry Synchronized Frequency Information in Active Cortical Networks. Neuron 2005, 47: 423-435. PMID: 16055065, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsCerebral CortexCortical SynchronizationExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsFerretsIn Vitro TechniquesInterneuronsMaleMembrane PotentialsNerve NetNeural InhibitionNeuronsOscillometryPyramidal CellsReaction TimeRefractory Period, ElectrophysiologicalSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsHigh-frequency activityPostsynaptic potentialsPyramidal cellsCortical pyramidal cellsAction potential propertiesRecurrent network activityAction potential generationActive cortical networkInhibitory interneuronsCortical functionIntracellular injectionNearby neuronsStrong barragesInhibitory networksCortical networksField potentialsSynaptic conductancesIPSPsInhibitory potentialPotential generationNetwork activitySpike timingMore synchronyVivo
1995
Postnatal development of synchronized network oscillations in the ferret dorsal lateral geniculate and perigeniculate nuclei
McCormick D, Trent F, Ramoa A. Postnatal development of synchronized network oscillations in the ferret dorsal lateral geniculate and perigeniculate nuclei. Journal Of Neuroscience 1995, 15: 5739-5752. PMID: 7643215, PMCID: PMC6577643, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-08-05739.1995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsLow-threshold Ca2PGN neuronsIntracellular recordingsAction potentialsSpindle wavesPostnatal developmentGABAA receptorsRelay cellsElectrophysiological propertiesGABAA antagonist bicuculline methiodideHigh-frequency burst dischargesThreshold Ca2Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleusFerret dorsal lateral geniculate nucleusSpindle wave generationNetwork oscillationsDorsal lateral geniculateAction potential firingLateral geniculate nucleusThalamocortical relay cellsSynchronized network oscillationsBarrages of EPSPsLGNd relay cellsHigh-frequency burstsRole of the ferret perigeniculate nucleus in the generation of synchronized oscillations in vitro.
Bal T, von Krosigk M, McCormick D. Role of the ferret perigeniculate nucleus in the generation of synchronized oscillations in vitro. The Journal Of Physiology 1995, 483: 665-685. PMID: 7776250, PMCID: PMC1157809, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp020613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsPGN cellsSpindle wave generationLow-threshold Ca2Perigeniculate nucleusSpindle wavesPGN neuronsPostsynaptic potentialsRelay neuronsGABAA receptorsRelay cellsHigh-frequency burst dischargesThreshold Ca2Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleusNon-NMDA receptorsShort-duration inhibitory postsynaptic potentialMarked increaseLateral geniculate nucleusExtracellular recording techniquesVitro. 2GABAergic neuronsGABAergic receptorsGABAB receptorsProgressive hyperpolarizationSynaptic and membrane mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus in vitro.
Bal T, von Krosigk M, McCormick D. Synaptic and membrane mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus in vitro. The Journal Of Physiology 1995, 483: 641-663. PMID: 7776249, PMCID: PMC1157808, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp020612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsLGNd relay cellsLateral geniculate nucleusPerigeniculate nucleusRelay cellsGABAB receptorsSpindle wavesPGN neuronsGeniculate nucleusBicuculline-sensitive inhibitory postsynaptic potentialsExcitatory amino acid transmissionDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusFerret dorsal lateral geniculate nucleusFerret lateral geniculate nucleusAmino acid transmissionReversal potentialIntracellular recording techniquesLow-threshold Ca2Vitro. 2Mean reversal potentialSingle-unit activityLocal electrical stimulationKCl-filled microelectrodesPharmacological antagonismBicuculline methiodide
1993
A model for 8–10 Hz spindling in interconnected thalamic relay and reticularis neurons
Destexhe A, McCormick D, Sejnowski T. A model for 8–10 Hz spindling in interconnected thalamic relay and reticularis neurons. Biophysical Journal 1993, 65: 2473-2477. PMID: 8312485, PMCID: PMC1225988, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81297-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReticular cellsReticular thalamic cellsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsIntrinsic oscillatory propertiesReticularis neuronsSpindle rhythmicityPostsynaptic potentialsInhibitory synapsesThalamic cellsThalamic relayThalamocortical cellsSilent periodSynaptic interactionsSpindle oscillationsRhythmic oscillationsCells
1992
Simulation of the currents involved in rhythmic oscillations in thalamic relay neurons
Huguenard J, McCormick D. Simulation of the currents involved in rhythmic oscillations in thalamic relay neurons. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1992, 68: 1373-1383. PMID: 1279135, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1992.68.4.1373.Peer-Reviewed Original Research