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Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis.

Giulio Tononi, +1 more
- 01 Feb 2006 - 
- Vol. 10, Iss: 1, pp 49-62
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This paper reviews a novel hypothesis about the functions of slow wave sleep-the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis, which accounts for a large number of experimental facts, makes several specific predictions, and has implications for both sleep and mood disorders.
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.The article was published on 2006-02-01. It has received 1864 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Synaptic scaling & Sleep and memory.

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The role of NREM sleep instability in child cognitive performance.

TL;DR: This study shows that CAP analysis provides important insights on the role of EEG slow oscillations (CAP A1) in cognitive performance, as well as significant predictors of nonverbal fluid reasoning in test scores, respectively.
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Regulation of hippocampal dendritic spines following sleep deprivation

TL;DR: 3D quantification suggests sleep contributes to region‐ and branch‐specific synaptic downscaling in the hippocampus, supporting the theory of broad but selective synapticDownscaling during sleep.
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Insufficient sleep: Enhanced risk-seeking relates to low local sleep intensity.

TL;DR: It is shown that chronic sleep restriction reflects every‐day sleep loss better than acute sleep deprivation, but its effects and particularly the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown for a variety of critical cognitive domains, as, for example, risky decision making.
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Whole blood genome-wide gene expression profile in males after prolonged wakefulness and sleep recovery

TL;DR: In silico validation of alterations in the expression of CETN3, DNAJC, and CEACAM genes confirmed previous findings related to the molecular effects of sleep deprivation, and confirmed that the effects ofSleep loss are not restricted to the brain and can occur intensely in peripheral tissues.
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Behavioural exposure and sleep do not modify corticospinal and intracortical excitability in the human motor system.

TL;DR: Results provide no support for the hypothesis that synapses within the motor cortex undergo potentiation due to daytime use and behavioural experiences and provide evidence that measurement of motor cortical excitability is not systematically biased by time-of-day dependent variability and thus does not pose a confound in studies assessing corticospinal excitability longitudinally.
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