Sleep, Plasticity and the Pathophysiology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Potential Roles of Protein Synthesis and Other Cellular Processes

Sleep is important for neural plasticity, and plasticity underlies sleep-dependent memory consolidation. It is widely appreciated that protein synthesis plays an essential role in neural plasticity. Studies of sleep-dependent memory and sleep-dependent plasticity have begun to examine alterations in...

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Main Authors: Dante Picchioni, R. Michelle Reith, Jeffrey L. Nadel, Carolyn B. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-03-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/4/1/150