ABSTRACT

Introduction................................................................................................................1 Sleep Rhythms: Their Grouping by Cortical Slow Oscillation

into Unified Activities .............................................................................................2 Spindles, a Thalamic Rhythm under Cortical Influence...............................3 Clock-Like Thalamic Delta, an Intrinsic Cell Oscillation

Synchronized by Cortical Activity ..............................................................7 The Slow Cortical Oscillation and Its Actions in Grouping

Other Sleep Rhythms ..................................................................................8 Sleep Rhythms Leading to Neuronal Plasticity in Cortical Networks.....................9