The Visual Thalamocortical System and Its Modulation by the Brain Stem Core
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by M. Steriade, D. Paré, B. Hu, M. Deschênes.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(VII, 124 pages 27 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
Progress in Sensory Physiology,, 10.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1 Prologue --;2 Basic Circuits in the Visual Thalamocortical Systems and Their Physiological Aspects --;2.1 The Lateral Geniculate-Perigeniculate Thalamic Complex --;2.2 The Visual Cortex --;3 Regulatory Systems of the Brain Stem Core, Basal Forebrain, and Hypothalamus --;3.1 Cholinergic Cell Groups --;3.2 Catecholaminergic Cell Groups --;3.3 Serotonergic Cell Groups --;3.4 Hypothalamic Cell Groups --;4 Neurotransmitters --;4.1 Acetylcholine --;4.2 Monoamines --;4.3 Amino Acids --;4.4 Final Comments --;5 State Dependency of Visual Thalamic and Cortical Activities --;5.1 Background Activity: Bursting and Tonic Discharge Patterns --;5.2 Excitatory-Inhibitory Processes During Sleep Oscillations and Tonically Activated States --;6 References --;7 Subject Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The book deals with the neuronal circuits of the visual thalamocortical system, the brainstem and basal forebrain modulatory systems and their neurotransmitters acting upon these circuits, and the neuronal activities in the visual thalamocortical system as changed during shifts in behavioral states of vigilance from wake to sleep.