2000
Cellular and network mechanisms of rhythmic recurrent activity in neocortex
Sanchez-Vives M, McCormick D. Cellular and network mechanisms of rhythmic recurrent activity in neocortex. Nature Neuroscience 2000, 3: 1027-1034. PMID: 11017176, DOI: 10.1038/79848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSlow-wave sleepLocal cortical circuitsSlow oscillationsFerret neocortexCerebral cortexExtracellular ionic compositionPyramidal neuronsCortical circuitsCortical rhythmsSlow rhythmRecurrent excitationLayer 5NeocortexInhibitory networksExcitatory interactionsBathing mediumExcitatory stateSleepRecurrent activityRhythmCortexNeuronsNetwork mechanisms
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
1995
Thalamocortical Interactions
Huguenard J, McCormick D, Coulter D. Thalamocortical Interactions. 1995, 156-173. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195083309.003.0011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Thalamocortical Oscillations in the Sleeping and Aroused Brain
Steriade M, McCormick D, Sejnowski T. Thalamocortical Oscillations in the Sleeping and Aroused Brain. Science 1993, 262: 679-685. PMID: 8235588, DOI: 10.1126/science.8235588.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
Cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of thalamocortical processing
McCormick D. Cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of thalamocortical processing. Trends In Neurosciences 1989, 12: 215-221. PMID: 2473557, DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(89)90125-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThalamocortical processingPeriods of drowsinessState of excitabilityModulatory neurotransmitter systemsNeuronal responsivenessNoradrenergic componentThalamocortical rhythmsCortical neuronsNeurotransmitter systemsNoradrenergic modulationSynaptic inputsNeuronal activityPotassium currentSynchronized sleepMarked increaseRhythmic oscillationsRhythmNorepinephrineAcetylcholineExcitabilitySleepNeuronsDrowsiness