Mechanisms of formation of background activity of cerebral neurons in ontogenesis

Background activity of brain cortex neurons in ontogenesis appears very early, soon after completion of their migration. At the moment of its appearance, the background activity has several peculiarities, the most characteristic of which are its episodic character and synchronous bursts of adjacent neurons forming domains. This paper considers mechanisms determining the appearance and the most characteristic peculiarities of the background activity of cerebral cortex neurons in ontogenesis.