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James F A Poulet1, Laura M J Fernandez, Sylvain Crochet, Carl C H Petersen.
Abstract
We investigated the impact of thalamus on ongoing cortical activity in the awake, behaving mouse. We demonstrate that the desynchronized cortical state during active behavior is driven by a centrally generated increase in thalamic action potential firing, which can also be mimicked by optogenetic stimulation of the thalamus. The thalamus therefore is key in controlling cortical states.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22267163 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884