Transition between Functional Regimes in an Integrate-And-Fire Network Model of the Thalamus.

The thalamus is a key brain element in the processing of sensory information. During the sleep and awake states, this brain area is characterized by the presence of two distinct dynamical regimes: in the sleep state activity is dominated by spindle oscillations (7 - 15 Hz) weakly affected by externa...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Barardi, Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Alberto Mazzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5012668?pdf=render