Neuronal activity (c-Fos) delineating interactions of the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia

• Main Authors: Mei-Hong eQiu (Author), Michael C Chen (Author), Zhi-Li eHuang (Author), Jun eLu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The cerebral cortex and basal ganglia (BG) form a neural circuit that is disrupted in disorders such as Parkinson's disease. We found that neuronal activity (c-Fos) in the BG followed cortical activity, i.e., high in arousal state and low in sleep state. To determine if cortical activity is nec...