REM sleep is associated with distinct global cortical dynamics and controlled by occipital cortex

The cortex is very active during sleep. Wang et al. used macroscopic Ca2+ imaging to record the global cortical activity from the entire dorsal cortex of mice during sleep and uncover an unexpected role of the cortex in controlling REM sleep.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ziyue Wang, Xiang Fei, Xiaotong Liu, Yanjie Wang, Yue Hu, Wanling Peng, Ying-wei Wang, Siyu Zhang, Min Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34720-9