Lab awarded $1.7 million from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to understand
"By measuring the activity through the depth of the cerebral cortex and underlying thalamus, an area which is highly connected to the cortex and often injured around the time of birth, the research team will provide insight into the circuit changes that may underlie human fetal cortical development and inform future studies of brain injury in infants. “We know from looking at EEGs of infants born pre-term that brain activity takes a big step forward before the time of birth,”
Early thalamocortical connections: Just how different are they?
Review of thalamocortical stages in sensory development
A chronology of activity in the developing cortex: From silence to continuity
Daily changes in the activity of developing mouse cortex until postnatal day (P)24.
A cortico-thalamic 'booster' circuit amplifies and conditions weak sensory inputs to the fet
The study published today in the journal eLIFE describes a unique specialization of the fetal brain for ensuring reliable transmission of ea
