Self-sustained asynchronous irregular states and Up-Down states in thalamic, cortical and thalamocortical networks of nonlinear integrate-and-fire neurons

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-506

  Destexhe, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Computational models; Intrinsic neuronal properties; Network models; Thalamocortical system; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NETWORK LAYERS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CORTICAL NETWORK; INTRINSIC NEURONAL PROPERTIES; LOW THRESHOLDS; NETWORK MODELS; SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATIONS; THALAMO-CORTICAL NETWORK; THALAMOCORTICAL SYSTEM; THALAMUS;

NEURONS;

ADAPTATION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 70350574151     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-009-0164-4     Document Type: Article

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