Slow waves, synaptic plasticity and information processing: Insights from transcranial magnetic stimulation and high-density EEG experiments

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1761-1770

  Massimini, M ^a   Tononi, G ^b   Huber, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bistability; Consciousness; Sleep homeostasis; Slow oscillations; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIODICITY; SLEEP; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 65549146014     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06720.x     Document Type: Review

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