Sleeping cells in the human thalamus.
Neurons in the lateral thalamus of a patient undergoing stereotactic surgery were found to fire in a characteristic bursting pattern only when the patient was asleep. These novel observations are consistent with animal studies in which the tonic firing pattern of thalamic neurons during wakefulness changes to a bursting pattern during slow-wave sleep.
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Hospital, Ont., Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology