title: Spontaneous activity: signal or noise?
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. david.mccormick@yale.edu
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D005289:Ferrets; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium