Modeling sleep and wakefulness in the thalamocortical system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1671-1698

  Hill, Sean ^a   Tononi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; COMPUTER MODEL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; POTASSIUM; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 14144255233     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00915.2004     Document Type: Article

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