Cleaning the sleeping brain – the potential restorative function of the glymphatic system
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.10.020
Abstract: Sleep is vital and universal across all species studied, and lack of sleep has detrimental consequences for the organism. A broadly accepted theory for the purpose of sleep has yet to be defined. The discovery… read more here.
Keywords: system; brain potential; sleeping brain; glymphatic system ... See more keywords
Linking the nature and functions of sleep: insights from multimodal imaging of the sleeping brain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.11.012
Abstract: Sleep and wakefulness are traditionally considered as two mutually exclusive states with contrasting behavioural manifestations and complementary neurobiological functions. However, the discoveries of local sleep in global wakefulness and local wakefulness in global sleep have… read more here.
Keywords: wakefulness; sleeping brain; nature functions; multimodal imaging ... See more keywords