In: European Journal of Neuroscience 44 (3): pp. 1935-1951. (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13274 Manuscript as accepted This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Laminar analysis of the slow wave activity in the somatosensory cortex of anesthetized rats Richárd Fiáth 1,2,3 , Bálint Péter Kerekes 3 , Lucia Wittner 1 , Kinga Tóth 1 , Patrícia Beregszászi 3 , Domonkos Horváth 1,2,3 , István Ulbert 1,3 1) Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Magyar tudósok körútja 2. 2) School of Ph.D. Studies, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1085, Üllői út 26. 3) Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Budapest, 1083, Práter utca 50/A Corresponding author: István Ulbert Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1117, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Hungary, tel: +36-1-382-6801 fax: +36-1-382-6295 email: ulbert.istvan@ttk.mta.hu Running title: Laminar analysis of slow waves in the rat cortex Keywords: local field potential, multiple-unit activity, current source density analysis, slow (< 1 Hz) oscillation, slow wave activity