Figure 1

Schematic diagram of the neural field model of thalamocortical system used in this paper. It is composed of the cortical PY-IN subnetwork and the subcortical RE-TC subsystem. Lines with solid dots indicate the excitatory synaptic functions, lines with bars represent the inhibitory synaptic functions. PY: excitatory pyramidal neurons, IN: inhibitory interneurons, TC: thalamocortical relay cells, RE: thalamic reticular nucleus.