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

Sleep spindles are extensively studied electroencephalographic rhythms that recur
periodically during non–rapid eye movement sleep and that are associated with rhythmic …

The primary somatosensory barrel cortex processes tactile vibrissae information, allowing
rodents to actively perceive spatial and textural features of their immediate surroundings …

The thalamus is the major source of cortical inputs shaping sensation, action, and cognition.
Thalamic circuits are targeted by two major inhibitory systems: the thalamic reticular nucleus …

The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) is increasingly being recognized as a
critical node linking stress detection to the emergence of adaptive behavioral responses to …

The rodent whisker system is widely used as a model system for investigating sensorimotor
integration, neural mechanisms of complex cognitive tasks, neural development, and …

Thalamic oscillators contribute to both normal rhythms associated with sleep and anesthesia
and abnormal, hypersynchronous oscillations that manifest behaviorally as absence …

Corticothalamic pathways, responsible for the top-down control of the thalamus, have a
canonical organization such that every cortical region sends output from both layer 6 (L6) …

All pathways targeting the thalamus terminate directly onto the thalamic projection cells. As
these cells lack local excitatory interconnections, their computations are fundamentally …

Motor thalamic nuclei, ventral anterior (VA), ventral lateral (VL) and ventral medial (VM)
nuclei, receive massive glutamatergic and GABAergic afferents from the cerebellum and …