Manipulating sleep spindles - expanding views on sleep, memory, and disease

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 738-748

  Astori, Simone ^a   Wimmer, Ralf D ^b   Lüthi, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Electroencephalography; Optogenetics; SK channels; Sleep waves; Synaptic plasticity; Thalamocortical system

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY GATING; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP SPINDLE;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; OPTOGENETICS; SK CHANNELS; SLEEP WAVES; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; THALAMOCORTICAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMORY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84888866472     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.10.001     Document Type: Review

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