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SUBMITTER: Gerashchenko D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2481371 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gerashchenko Dmitry D Wisor Jonathan P JP Burns Deirdre D Reh Rebecca K RK Shiromani Priyattam J PJ Sakurai Takeshi T de la Iglesia Horacio O HO Kilduff Thomas S TS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080721 29
The presence of large-amplitude, slow waves in the EEG is a primary characteristic that distinguishes cerebral activity during sleep from that which occurs during wakefulness. Although sleep-active neurons have been identified in other brain areas, neurons that are specifically activated during slow-wave sleep have not previously been described in the cerebral cortex. We have identified a population of cells in the cortex that is activated during sleep in three mammalian species. These cortical ...[more]