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SUBMITTER: Fattinger S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5458149 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fattinger Sara S de Beukelaar Toon T TT Ruddy Kathy L KL Volk Carina C Heyse Natalie C NC Herbst Joshua A JA Hahnloser Richard H R RHR Wenderoth Nicole N Huber Reto R
Nature communications 20170522
It is hypothesized that deep sleep is essential for restoring the brain's capacity to learn efficiently, especially in regions heavily activated during the day. However, causal evidence in humans has been lacking due to the inability to sleep deprive one target area while keeping the natural sleep pattern intact. Here we introduce a novel approach to focally perturb deep sleep in motor cortex, and investigate the consequences on behavioural and neurophysiological markers of neuroplasticity arisi ...[more]