Synchronization of Isolated Downstates (K-Complexes) May Be Caused by Cortically-Induced Disruption of Thalamic Spindling

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Mak McCully, Rachel A ^a   Deiss, Stephen R ^b   Rosen, Burke Q ^c   Jung, Ki Young ^d   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^e,f   Bastuji, Hélène ^g,h   Rey, Marc ⁱ   Cash, Sydney S ^j   Bazhenov, Maxim ^k   Halgren, Eric ^a,c,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^j HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

COMPLEX PRODUCTION; CORTEXES; K-COMPLEX; LOCALISED; NETWORK MODELS; QUASI-SYNCHRONOUS; SLEEP SPINDLES; THALAMIC RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMO-CORTICAL NETWORK; THALAMOCORTICAL NEURONS;

DEPOLARIZATION;

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907587684     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003855     Document Type: Article

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