Sleep spindles: mechanisms and functions

LMJ Fernandez, A Lüthi - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

[HTML][HTML] Placing the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus within the brain circuits that control behavior

GJ Kirouac - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
This article reviews the anatomical connections of the paraventricular nucleus of the
thalamus (PVT) and discusses some of the connections by which the PVT could influence …

Limbic circuitry of the midline thalamus

RP Vertes, SB Linley, WB Hoover - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The thalamus was subdivided into three major groups: sensorimotor nuclei (or
principal/relay nuclei), limbic nuclei and nuclei bridging these two domains. Limbic nuclei of …

The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus is an important node in the emotional processing network

JR Barson, NR Mack, WJ Gao - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) has for decades been acknowledged to
be an important node in the limbic system, but studies of emotional processing generally fail …

SCN outputs and the hypothalamic balance of life

A Kalsbeek, IF Palm, SE La Fleur… - Journal of biological …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is composed of thousands of
oscillator neurons, each dependent on the cell-autonomous action of a defined set of …

Projections of the paraventricular and paratenial nuclei of the dorsal midline thalamus in the rat

RP Vertes, WB Hoover - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The paraventricular (PV) and paratenial (PT) nuclei are prominent cell groups of the midline
thalamus. To our knowledge, only a single early report has examined PV projections and no …

Projections from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to the forebrain, with special emphasis on the extended amygdala

S Li, GJ Kirouac - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) is part of a group of midline and
intralaminar thalamic nuclei implicated in arousal and attention. This study examined the …

Sources of inputs to the anterior and posterior aspects of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus

S Li, GJ Kirouac - Brain Structure and Function, 2012 - Springer
The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) is part of a group of midline and
intralaminar thalamic nuclei implicated in arousal and attention. Recent research points to …

Regulation and function of extra‐SCN circadian oscillators in the brain

K Begemann, AM Neumann, H Oster - Acta physiologica, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most organisms evolved endogenous, so called circadian clocks as internal timekeeping
mechanisms allowing them to adapt to recurring changes in environmental demands …

The dynamics of GABA signaling: revelations from the circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

HE Albers, JC Walton, KL Gamble, JK McNeill IV… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Virtually every neuron within the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) communicates via
GABAergic signaling. The extracellular levels of GABA within the SCN are determined by a …