title: Evoking spontaneous activity.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, MacLean et al. report that thalamic stimulation can evoke spatiotemporal sequences of neocortical neuronal activity similar to spontaneous UP states. This could suggest that the patterns of activity associated with the processing of sensory input might be replayed during spontaneous activity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sensory Processing, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, AAB 105 (Bâtiment AAB), Station 15, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carl C H
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019579:Neocortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*