Internal medicine

Neuroscience

Electrophysiology

Consciousness

Unconsciousness

Cortex (anatomy)

Disease

Cerebral cortex

Biological neural network

Psychiatry

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

Psychology

Wakefulness

Neocortex

Parkinson's disease

Deep brain stimulation

Thalamus

Arousal

Electroencephalography

Medicine

Neuron

Redinbaugh et al. demonstrate neural correlates of consciousness, consistent in wakefulness and stimulation-induced arousal, which break down during anesthesia and sleep. The authors conclude that activity in central lateral thalamus and cortical deep layers is vital for consciousness, influencing feedforward, feedback, and intracolumnar processes.

Thalamus Modulates Consciousness via Layer-Specific Control of Cortex