Systems neuroscience: The slowly sleeping slab and slice

The physiological functions of structured spontaneous activity in the brain, such as the slow oscillations characteristic of certain sleep states, remain unclear, but new studies using brain slices or slabs are starting to shed light on the underlying neural mechanisms.

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Published inCurrent biology Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. R140 - R143
Main Author Borg-Graham, Lyle J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 20.02.2001
Subjects
Animals
Electrophysiology
Neocortex - physiology
Sleep - physiology
Visual Cortex - physiology
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Summary:The physiological functions of structured spontaneous activity in the brain, such as the slow oscillations characteristic of certain sleep states, remain unclear, but new studies using brain slices or slabs are starting to shed light on the underlying neural mechanisms.
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00062-8