Chunk #12 — Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) or muscarinic Ach receptors (mAchRs) induces rhythmic bursting at α/θ frequencies in TC neurons
of mGluRs, HT bursting with broadly similar properties to those noted in the cat LGN can also be observed in other areas of the cat thalamus, including the the ventrolateral (VL) nucleus, i.e. the motor thalamus, and the ventrobasal complex (VB), i.e. the somatosensory thalamus, where it may play a role in promoting synchronized μ oscillations (Bouyer et al. 1982; Hughes and Crunelli 2005). mGluR-induced HT bursting is also present in TC neurons from principal thalamic nuclei of both the rat and mouse (Fig. 1B).
