The thalamocortical system: The gatekeepers (1/2)

WAKING

The thalamocortical gate is kept open by the depolarizing influence of acetlycholine, noradrenaline, histamine, serotonin and glutamate.

SLEEP


Ref.: Steriade et al. (1994) , McCormick and Bal (1997)

 

 

 

©1998 BITS OF SLEEP (Demo) : The brain in sleep: Thalamocortical system.