Logothetis hippocampal-cortical interaction during subcortical silence nature
<p>Nov 26, 2012 10:03 AM
 
here we show that<b> most of the cerebral cortex is selectively activated during the ripples,</b> whereas most diencephalic, midbrain and brainstem regions are strongly and consistently inhibited.
 
during off-line memory consolidation, synergistic thalamocortical activity may be orchestrating a privileged interaction state between hippocampus and cortex by silencing the output of subcortical centres involved in sensory processing or potentially mediating procedural learning. Such a mechanism would cause minimal interference, enabling consolidation of hippocampus-dependent memory</p>