Sleep-active cells in the cerebral cortex and their role in slow-wave activity

Dmitry Gerashchenko; Jonathan P Wisor; Thomas S Kilduff

doi:10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00461.x

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Sleep-active cells in the cerebral cortex and their role in slow-wave activity

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Sleep-active cells in the cerebral cortex and their role in slow-wave activity

Dmitry Gerashchenko, Jonathan P Wisor and Thomas S Kilduff

Sleep and biological rhythms, Vol.9(s1), pp.71-77

01/2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00461.x

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106414

PMCID: PMC3103062

PMID: 21625335

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Abstract

We recently identified neurons in the cerebral cortex that become activated during sleep episodes with high slow-wave activity (SWA). The distinctive properties of these neurons are the ability to produce nitric oxide and their long-range projections within the cortex. In this review, we discuss how these characteristics of sleep-active cells could be relevant to SWA production in the cortex. We also discuss possible models of the role of nNOS cells in SWA production.

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Title: Sleep-active cells in the cerebral cortex and their role in slow-wave activity
Creators: Dmitry Gerashchenko - Center for Neuroscience Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
Jonathan P Wisor
Thomas S Kilduff
Publication Details: Sleep and biological rhythms, Vol.9(s1), pp.71-77
Academic Unit: Biomedical Sciences, Department of
Publisher: Japan
Grant note: R01 HL059658 / NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059658-11 / NHLBI NIH HHS R01 NS064193-01A2 / NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064193 / NINDS NIH HHS R01 HL059658-10A1 / NHLBI NIH HHS
Identifiers: 99900546988901842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article