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During the behavioural states of sleep and wakefulness thalamocortical relay neurons fire action potentials in high frequency bursts or tonic sequences, respectively. The modulation of… (More)
The thalamocortical system is characterized by two fundamentally different activity states, namely synchronized burst firing and tonic action potential generation, which mainly occur during the… (More)
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The ascending brainstem transmitter acetylcholine depolarizes thalamocortical relay neurons while it induces hyperpolarization in local circuit inhibitory interneurons. Sustained K+… (More)
Although hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation (HCN) channels and the corresponding h-current (Ih) have been shown to fundamentally shape the activity pattern in the… (More)