[The activity of neurons of the thalamus and brain cortex hemispheres during EEG complexes "slow wave-spindle wave" in rabbits].

Neurons of the medial thalamus and some cortical neurons revealed the same activity upon the spindle wave as upon the slow wave. The membrane potential was changing in a similar way. The data obtained suggests that the slow wave mechanism is analogous to the mechanism of the spindle waves, whereas the rhythm of complexes occurrence or their common with the "spontaneous" sleep spindles rhythm, are determined by a different mechanism.