Generating waves in corticothalamocortical networks

Jason C Wester; Diego Contreras

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.002

Generating waves in corticothalamocortical networks

Neuron. 2013 Mar 20;77(6):995-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.002.

Authors

Jason C Wester¹, Diego Contreras

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuronscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 23522035
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.002

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Stroh et al. (2013) investigate mechanisms of population calcium wave initiation and propagation across cortex and thalamus. They use a novel fiber optic-based method to simultaneously image and excite specific populations of neurons in multiple regions.

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Grants and funding

R01 EY020765/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States