Sleep regulation of the distribution of cortical firing rates

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 34-42

  Levenstein, Daniel ^a,b   Watson, Brendon O ^a   Rinzel, John ^b,c   Buzsáki, György ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; FIRING RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONREM SLEEP; OSCILLATION; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONS; SLEEP;

EID: 85014925150     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.02.013     Document Type: Review

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