Figure 7.

Geometry of the thalamocortical network model. The thalamortical network model includes a cortical layer II/III/IV, cortical layer V, cortical layer VI, RE, and TC neurons. In each cortical layer, there are 500 PYs and 120 INs. They are evenly divided into 10 cortical columns (50 PY and 12 IN in each column). The thalamic network includes layer of thalamic reticular neurons (250 neurons) and relay cells (500 neurons) divided into two nuclei: specific (core) and diffusive (matrix). The black arrowhead represents excitatory connections and the red arrowhead indicates inhibitory connections. The connectivity radius (fan-out) information is listed in Table 1.