2003
Cellular and Network Mechanisms of Slow Oscillatory Activity (<1 Hz) and Wave Propagations in a Cortical Network Model
Compte A, Sanchez-Vives M, McCormick D, Wang X. Cellular and Network Mechanisms of Slow Oscillatory Activity (<1 Hz) and Wave Propagations in a Cortical Network Model. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2003, 89: 2707-2725. PMID: 12612051, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00845.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSlow oscillatory activityOscillatory activityUp statesSpontaneous spike dischargeMinority of neuronsSlow-wave sleepStrong recurrent excitationSpike dischargesTonic firingCerebrospinal fluidDown statePharmacological manipulationRecurrent excitationCortical network modelSlow adaptation currentBiophysical network modelInput resistancePhysiological effectsSlow oscillationsPatchy connectionsInhibition blocksVivo dataNeuronsSingle neuron behaviorBath solution
1996
Ionic mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations and propagating waves in a model of ferret thalamic slices
Destexhe A, Bal T, McCormick D, Sejnowski T. Ionic mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations and propagating waves in a model of ferret thalamic slices. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1996, 76: 2049-2070. PMID: 8890314, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.2049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAxonsBicucullineCalciumCalcium ChannelsElectrophysiologyFerretsGABA AntagonistsIn Vitro TechniquesIon ChannelsKineticsMembrane PotentialsModels, NeurologicalNeural Networks, ComputerPotassium ChannelsRecruitment, NeurophysiologicalRefractory Period, ElectrophysiologicalReticular FormationSynapsesThalamusUp-RegulationConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsSlow inhibitory postsynaptic potentialFerret thalamic slicesActivity-dependent upregulationTC cellsRE cellsPostsynaptic potentialsThalamic slicesGABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic potentialsSpindle oscillationsCalcium-sensitive currentGABAB inhibitory postsynaptic potentialsLocal axonal arborizationsThalamic reticular neuronsGamma-aminobutyric acidRE neuronsGABAB receptorsIsoxazolepropionic acidRebound burstsReticular neuronsTC neuronsGABAA inhibitionAxonal arborizationBurst discharges