Spontaneous Activity in the Sensory System

Download or read book Spontaneous Activity in the Sensory System written by Kazuo Imaizumi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spontaneous activity in the nervous system is defined as neural activity that is not driven by an external stimulus and is considered a problem for sensory processing and computation. However, spontaneous activity is not completely random and often has unique spatiotemporal patterns that instruct neural circuit development in the developing brain. Moreover, normal and aberrant patterns of spontaneous activity underlie behavioral states and diseased conditions in the adult brain. The recent technological development has shed light on these unique questions in spontaneous activity. This eBook provides both original and review articles in the propensity, mechanisms, and functions of spontaneous activity in the sensory system. Our goal is to define the state of knowledge in the field, the current challenges, and the future directions for research.