The role of spike timing for thalamocortical processing.
Although the response properties of sensory neurons in the thalamus and cerebral cortex have been studied for decades, relatively few studies have examined how sensory information is processed at thalamocortical synapses. Recent studies now show that the strength of thalamocortical connections is very dynamic and spike timing plays an important role in determining whether action potentials will be transferred from thalamus to cortex.
Usrey
W Martin
WM
Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, 1544 Newton Court, Davis, California 95616, USA. wmusrey@ucdavis.edu
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors