Flexible, foldable, actively multiplexed, high-density electrode array for mapping brain activity in vivo

…, J Wu, J Xiao, Y Huang, D Contreras… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Arrays of electrodes for recording and stimulating the brain are used throughout clinical
medicine and basic neuroscience research, yet are unable to sample large areas of the brain …

Control of spatiotemporal coherence of a thalamic oscillation by corticothalamic feedback

D Contreras, A Destexhe, TJ Sejnowski, M Steriade - Science, 1996 - science.org
The mammalian thalamus is the gateway to the cortex for most sensory modalities. Nearly all
thalamic nuclei also receive massive feedback projections from the cortical region to which …

Dissolvable films of silk fibroin for ultrathin conformal bio-integrated electronics

…, JA Blanco, B Panilaitis, ES Frechette, D Contreras… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
Electronics that are capable of intimate, non-invasive integration with the soft, curvilinear
surfaces of biological tissues offer important opportunities for diagnosing and treating disease …

On the cellular and network bases of epileptic seizures

DA McCormick, D Contreras - Annual review of physiology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The highly interconnected networks of the mammalian forebrain can generate a
wide variety of synchronized activities, including those underlying epileptic seizures, which …

Synchronization of fast (30-40 Hz) spontaneous cortical rhythms during brain activation

M Steriade, F Amzica, D Contreras - Journal of Neuroscience, 1996 - Soc Neuroscience
We investigated the synchronization of fast spontaneous oscillations (mainly 30–40 Hz) in
anesthetized and behaving cats by means of simultaneous extra- and intracellular recordings …

Dynamics of excitation and inhibition underlying stimulus selectivity in rat somatosensory cortex

WB Wilent, D Contreras - Nature neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
Neurons in sensory systems respond to stimuli within their receptive fields, but the magnitude
of the response depends on specific stimulus features. In the rodent whisker system, the …

The slow (< 1 Hz) oscillation in reticular thalamic and thalamocortical neurons: scenario of sleep rhythm generation in interacting thalamic and neocortical networks

M Steriade, D Contreras, RC Dossi… - Journal of …, 1993 - Soc Neuroscience
As most afferent axons to the thalamus originate in the cerebral cortex, we assumed that the
slow (< 1 Hz) cortical oscillation described in the two companion articles is reflected in …

Spatiotemporal analysis of local field potentials and unit discharges in cat cerebral cortex during natural wake and sleep states

A Destexhe, D Contreras, M Steriade - Journal of Neuroscience, 1999 - Soc Neuroscience
The electroencephalogram displays various oscillation patterns during wake and sleep
states, but their spatiotemporal distribution is not completely known. Local field potentials (LFPs) …

Single-column thalamocortical network model exhibiting gamma oscillations, sleep spindles, and epileptogenic bursts

RD Traub, D Contreras… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
To better understand population phenomena in thalamocortical neuronal ensembles, we
have constructed a preliminary network model with 3,560 multicompartment neurons (…

Synchronization of fast (30-40 Hz) spontaneous oscillations in intrathalamic and thalamocortical networks

M Steriade, D Contreras, F Amzica… - Journal of …, 1996 - Soc Neuroscience
The synchronization of fast (mainly 30 to 40 Hz) oscillations in intrathalamic and thalamocortical
(TC) networks of cat was studied under ketamine-xylazine anesthesia and in behaving …