Regulation of cortical activity and arousal by the matrix cells of the ventromedial thalamic nucleus

The ventromedial thalamus (VM) is thought to control cortical arousal through its diffuse projections to cortex. Here the authors record and manipulate the activity of calbindin1-positive matrix cells in VM and show that they bidirectionally regulate the sleep-wake transition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sakiko Honjoh, Shuntaro Sasai, Shannon S Schiereck, Hirotaka Nagai, Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04497-x