Thalamocortical Assemblies: How Ion Channels, Single Neurons and Large-Scale Networks Organize Sleep Oscillations

by Alain Destexhe and Terrence J. Sejnowski

During sleep, the mammalian brain generates an orderly progression of low frequency oscillations. The nature of these oscillations changes as the brain moves from sleep onset into deep sleep. Although readily measured and recorded, the underlying neural mechanisms involved and the purpose of these oscillations have remained unclear. However, as we learn more about the properties of neurons in the thalamus and cerebral cortex and their interactions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198524250
• ISBN13: 9780198524250
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"