Although once regarded as a simple sensory relay on the way to the cortex, it is increasingly
apparent that the thalamus has a role in the ongoing moment-by-moment processing of …

Environmental tobacco smoke, inhaled by active firsthand smokers and their entourage, is
associated with morbidity and mortality. Many children are passively exposed to …

BACKGROUND: The neocortex is the most common target of subdural electrotherapy and
noninvasive brain stimulation modalities, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) …

Sensory computations performed in the neocortex involve layer six (L6) cortico-cortical (CC)
and cortico-thalamic (CT) signaling pathways. Developing an understanding of the …

Neurotropic viruses that conditionally infect or replicate in molecularly defined neuronal
subpopulations, and then spread transsynaptically, are powerful tools for mapping neural …

We used a juvenile mouse thalamocortical slice preparation with whole cell recording to
investigate synaptic properties of corticothalamic inputs from somatosensory cortex to the …

This is the concluding article in a series of 3 studies that investigate the anatomical
determinants of thalamocortical (TC) input to excitatory neurons in a cortical column of rat …

Neurons in the deepest layer of mammalian cerebral cortex are morphologically and
physiological diverse and are situated in a strategic position to modulate neuronal activity …

The rodent somatosensory cortex includes well-defined examples of cortical columns—the
barrel columns—that extend throughout the cortical depth and are defined by discrete …

Sensory processing is distributed among many brain regions that interact via feedforward
and feedback signaling. Neuronal oscillations have been shown to mediate intercortical …