Thalamic Oscillations and Signalling

This monograph is based on two symposia organized by the Neurosciences Institute at The Rockefeller University. It presents current knowledge on the thalamus and views the thalamus as a whole rather than as a collection of unrelated nuclear masses. Chapters are organized in four sections: history, morphology, electrophysiology and state-related cellular modes. Topics addressed include the structure and function of intrinsic thalamic circuitry, thalamic modulation by cortical and brain- stem projections and the feedback onto the brain stem of thalamocortical and palaeocortical transactions.