Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

Functions of the neocortex depend on its bidirectional communication with the thalamus, via
cortico-thalamo-cortical (CTC) loops. Recent work dissecting the synaptic connectivity in …

Epileptic seizures represent dysfunctional neural networks dominated by excessive and/or
hypersynchronous activity. Recent progress in the field has outlined two concepts regarding …

The understanding of the structural and dynamic complexity of mammalian brains is greatly
facilitated by computer simulations. We present here a detailed large-scale thalamocortical …

Certain neurons in the mammalian brain have long been known to be joined by gap
junctions, which are the most common type of electrical synapse. More recently, cloning of …

The claustrum is a thin, irregular, sheet-like neuronal structure hidden beneath the inner
surface of the neocortex in the general region of the insula. Its function is enigmatic. Its …

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 …

Corticothalamic neurons provide massive input to the thalamus. This top-down projection
may allow the cortex to regulate sensory processing by modulating the excitability of …

Database search has led to the identification of a family of proteins, the pannexins, which
share some structural features with the gap junction forming proteins of invertebrates and …