Mutual interaction between visual homeostatic plasticity and sleep in adult humans

Sleep and plasticity are highly interrelated, as sleep slow oscillations and sleep spindles are associated with consolidation of Hebbian-based processes. However, in adult humans, visual cortical plasticity is mainly sustained by homeostatic mechanisms, for which the role of sleep is still largely u...

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Main Authors: Danilo Menicucci, Claudia Lunghi, Andrea Zaccaro, Maria Concetta Morrone, Angelo Gemignani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-08-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/70633