This review summarizes the brain mechanisms controlling sleep and wakefulness.
Wakefulness promoting systems cause low-voltage, fast activity in the …

Synchronous rhythms represent a core mechanism for sculpting temporal coordination of
neural activity in the brain-wide network. This review focuses on oscillations in the cerebral …

Sleep is characterized by synchronized events in billions of synaptically coupled neurons in
thalamocortical systems. The activation of a series of neuromodulatory transmitter systems …

Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (SK channels) are widely expressed
throughout the central nervous system. These channels are activated solely by increases in …

On the basis of theoretical, anatomical, psychological and physiological considerations,
Francis Crick (1984) proposed that, during selective attention, the thalamic reticular nucleus …

▪ Abstract Many neurons in the mammalian central nervous system communicate through
electrical synapses, defined here as gap junction–mediated connections. Electrical …

Low voltage-activated (T-type) calcium currents are observed in many central and peripheral
neurons and display distinct physiological and functional properties. Using in situ …

How are the functions performed by one part of the nervous system integrated with those of
another? This fundamental issue pervades virtually every aspect of brain function from …

During various states of vigilance, brain oscillations are grouped together through reciprocal
connections between the neocortex and thalamus. The coherent activity in corticothalamic …

This article addresses the functional significance of the electrophysiological properties of
thalamic neurons. We propose that thalamocortical activity, is the product of the intrinsic …