2019
Distinct Waking States for Strong Evoked Responses in Primary Visual Cortex and Optimal Visual Detection Performance
Neske G, Nestvogel D, Steffan P, McCormick D. Distinct Waking States for Strong Evoked Responses in Primary Visual Cortex and Optimal Visual Detection Performance. Journal Of Neuroscience 2019, 39: 10044-10059. PMID: 31672787, PMCID: PMC6978938, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1226-18.2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary visual cortexVisual cortexSensory processingVisual detection performanceCortical neuronal responsesCortical sensory processingWhole-cell recordingsMouse visual systemSensory cortical activityNeuronal membrane potentialArousal levelNeuronal responsivenessFunction of arousalMice increasesNeuronal responsesCortical activityV1 responsesVisual detection taskCortexSensory stimuliSensory responsesLocomotion periodsVisual stimuliBehavioral performanceMembrane potential
1997
SLEEP AND AROUSAL: Thalamocortical Mechanisms
McCormick D, Bal T. SLEEP AND AROUSAL: Thalamocortical Mechanisms. Annual Review Of Neuroscience 1997, 20: 185-215. PMID: 9056712, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThalamic reticular neuronsReticular neuronsCerebral cortex resultsCortical pyramidal cellsIntrinsic membrane propertiesBasal forebrainEnhanced excitabilityBrain stemMovement sleepAbsence seizuresTonic activityPyramidal cellsThalamocortical activitySleep rhythmsAnatomical interconnectionsCortex resultsThalamocortical mechanismsDifferent neurotransmittersParoxysmal eventsSpindle wavesRhythmic activitySpecific alterationsSleepSensory processingSlow waves
1993
30 Cellular Basis and Neurotransmitter Control of Thalamic Oscillation and Sensory Transmission Address for Correspondence: Section of Neurobiology, Sterling Hall of Medicine Rm. C303, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
McCORMICK D, BAL T, VON KROSIGK M. 30 Cellular Basis and Neurotransmitter Control of Thalamic Oscillation and Sensory Transmission Address for Correspondence: Section of Neurobiology, Sterling Hall of Medicine Rm. C303, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. 1993, 357-373. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-042274-9.50036-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThalamocortical networkModulatory transmitter systemsDifferent disease statesSensory transmissionCerebral cortexThalamic oscillationsYale University SchoolNeurotransmitter controlThalamocortical loopThalamocortical systemDisease statesSensory processingRhythmic oscillationsTransmitter systemsCellular basisMotor informationThalamusUniversity School