Detrimental role of prolonged sleep deprivation on adult neurogenesis

Adult mammalian brains continuously generate new neurons, a phenomenon called neurogenesis. Both environmental stimuli and endogenous factors are important regulators of neurogenesis. Sleep has an important role in normal brain physiology and its disturbance causes very stressful conditions, which d...

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Main Authors: Carina eFernandes, Nuno Barbosa F Rocha, Susana eRocha, Andrea eHerrera-Solís, José M Salas-Pacheco, Fabio eGarcia-Garcia, Eric eMurillo-Rodriguez, Ti-Fei eYuan, Sergio eMachado, Oscar eArias-Carrión
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00140/full