Lecture 18

EEGs, sensory gating by visual thalamus, drivers and modulators, power spectral analysis of cortical function

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Core Readings

  • Read the highlighted portions of Koch (2012) The origins of extracellular fields and currents.
  • Read the highlighted portions of Sherman (2007) paper on thalamic relay, drivers and modulators, etc.

Reading details

Sherman 2007. Thalamic relay, drivers and modulators.

Slides & Notes

Further Reading & Resources

Cash et al. 2009. The human K-complex represents an isolated cortical down-state. Science, 324(5930), 1084-1087. [DOI]

Ghodrati et al. 2017. Towards building a more complex view of the lateral geniculate nucleus: Recent advances in understanding its role. Progress in Neurobiology, 156, 214-255.

Uhlhaas & Singer 2010. Abnormal neural oscillations and synchrony in schizophrenia. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11(2), 100-113. [DOI]

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