A temporal sequence of thalamic activity unfolds at transitions in behavioral arousal state

Beverly Setzer; Nina E. Fultz; Daniel E. P. Gomez; Stephanie D. Williams; Giorgio Bonmassar; Jonathan R. Polimeni; Laura D. Lewis

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33010-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

A temporal sequence of thalamic activity unfolds at transitions in behavioral arousal state

Beverly Setzer,
Nina E. Fultz,
Daniel E. P. Gomez,
Stephanie D. Williams,
Giorgio Bonmassar,
Jonathan R. Polimeni,
Laura D. Lewis

Affiliations

Beverly Setzer: Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University
Nina E. Fultz: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Daniel E. P. Gomez: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Stephanie D. Williams: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Giorgio Bonmassar: Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jonathan R. Polimeni: Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital
Laura D. Lewis: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33010-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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How the brain transitions between sleep and wakefulness is not well understood. Here, the authors discover that a sequence of activity unfolds across the thalamus before transitions from unresponsiveness to active behavior.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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