National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped how individual neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex receive ...
The three thalamic networks represent the nucleus reuniens (Reu), mediodorsal thalamic nucleus (MD) and thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN). The cortical and hippocampal networks are composed of one ...
Such connections include the ventral and dorsal medullary reticular formation, the dorsal spine nucleus, the parabrachial area, the locus coeruleus, and the periaqueductal gray matter. Additionally, ...
in particular regarding a thalamic nucleus that is relevant for sleep wave generation. These previously unrecognized differences deep within the brain are part of the origin of local sleep in the ...
A number of studies showed that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can modulate the activity in the epileptic brain and that a decrease of seizures can be achieved in “responding” patients. In most of these ...