S. Murray Sherman

Thalamic relay functions and their role in corticocortical communication: generalizations from the visual system.

Detectability of excitatory versus inhibitory drive in an integrate-and-fire-or-burst thalamocortical relay neuron model.

The role of the thalamus in the flow of information to the cortex.

Single-unit recording in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the awake behaving monkey.

Corticothalamic projections from the rat primary somatosensory cortex.

Functional synaptic contacts by intranuclear axon collaterals of thalamic relay neurons.

Somatosensory corticothalamic projections: distinguishing drivers from modulators.

Differences in projection patterns between large and small corticothalamic terminals.

Interneurons and triadic circuitry of the thalamus.

Morphological correlates of triadic circuitry in the lateral geniculate nucleus of cats and rats.

Mapping by laser photostimulation of connections between the thalamic reticular and ventral posterior lateral nuclei in the rat.

Thalamic relays and cortical functioning.

The neural substrates of cognition.

Mapping of the functional interconnections between thalamic reticular neurons using photostimulation.

An argument for an olfactory thalamus.

The thalamus is more than just a relay.

Different topography of the reticulothalmic inputs to first- and higher-order somatosensory thalamic relays revealed using photostimulation.

Differences in response to muscarinic activation between first and higher order thalamic relays.

Evidence for nonreciprocal organization of the mouse auditory thalamocortical-corticothalamic projection systems.

Synaptic properties of thalamic and intracortical inputs to layer 4 of the first- and higher-order cortical areas in the auditory and somatosensory systems.

Differences in response to serotonergic activation between first and higher order thalamic nuclei.

Glutamatergic inhibition in sensory neocortex.

Modulator property of the intrinsic cortical projection from layer 6 to layer 4.

Differences in intrinsic properties and local network connectivity of identified layer 5 and layer 6 adult mouse auditory corticothalamic neurons support a dual corticothalamic projection hypothesis.

Functional organization of the somatosensory cortical layer 6 feedback to the thalamus.

Synaptic properties of the mammillary and cortical afferents to the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus in the mouse.

The corticothalamocortical circuit drives higher-order cortex in the mouse.

Topography and physiology of ascending streams in the auditory tectothalamic pathway.

Drivers and modulators in the central auditory pathways.

Specific and nonspecific thalamocortical connectivity in the auditory and somatosensory thalamocortical slices.

Branched thalamic afferents: what are the messages that they relay to the cortex?

Synaptic properties of thalamic input to layers 2/3 and 4 of primary somatosensory and auditory cortices.

On the classification of pathways in the auditory midbrain, thalamus, and cortex.

Synaptic properties of connections between the primary and secondary auditory cortices in mice.

In vitro imaging using laser photostimulation with flavoprotein autofluorescence.

Functional organization of the thalamic input to the thalamic reticular nucleus.

Distinct functions for direct and transthalamic corticocortical connections.

Synaptic properties of thalamic input to the subgranular layers of primary somatosensory and auditory cortices in the mouse.

Properties of the thalamic projection from the posterior medial nucleus to primary and secondary somatosensory cortices in the mouse.

Synaptic properties of corticocortical connections between the primary and secondary visual cortical areas in the mouse.

Two populations of corticothalamic and interareal corticocortical cells in the subgranular layers of the mouse primary sensory cortices.

Thalamocortical interactions.

Modulatory effects of metabotropic glutamate receptors on local cortical circuits.

Intrinsic modulators of auditory thalamocortical transmission.

Intracortical convergence of layer 6 neurons.

Functional significance of synaptic terminal size in glutamatergic sensory pathways in thalamus and cortex.

Activation requirements for metabotropic glutamate receptors.

A modulatory effect of the feedback from higher visual areas to V1 in the mouse.

The Function of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Thalamus and Cortex.