A causal role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the homeostatic regulation of sleep.

Slow-wave activity (SWA), the EEG power between 0.5 and 4 Hz during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, is one of the best characterized markers of sleep need, because it increases as a function of preceding waking duration and decreases during sleep, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. W...

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Auteurs principaux: Faraguna, U, Vyazovskiy, V, Nelson, AB, Tononi, G, Cirelli, C
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: 2008