Sleeping cells in the human thalamus

被引:5
作者
Kiss, ZHT
Tsoukatos, J
Tasker, RR
Davis, KD
Dostrovsky, JO
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO,DEPT PHYSIOL,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A8,CANADA
[2] TORONTO HOSP,DIV NEUROSURG,TORONTO,ON M5T 2S8,CANADA
关键词
bursting cells; microelectrode recording; sleep; thalamus;
D O I
10.1159/000098683
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Neurons in the lateral thalamus of a patient undergoing stereotactic surgery were found to fire in a characteristic bursting pattern only when the patient was asleep. These novel observations are consistent with animal studies in which the tonic firing pattern of thalamic neurons during wakefulness changes to a bursting pattern during slow-wave sleep.
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页码:125 / 129
页数:5
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