Sleep biology: tuning in while tuned out

Jimmy Fraigne; John Peever

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.011

Sleep biology: tuning in while tuned out

Curr Biol. 2012 Nov 20;22(22):R945-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.011.

Authors

Jimmy Fraigne¹, John Peever

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada.

PMID: 23174293
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.011

Abstract

The barrel cortex and whisker thalamus preferentially respond to whisker movements during REM sleep in infant rats. Understanding why the brain tunes into sensory signals while it's tuned out in sleep may provide clues about the functions of REM sleep.

MeSH terms

Animals
Neural Inhibition / physiology
Physical Stimulation
Rats
Sleep, REM / physiology*
Somatosensory Cortex / physiology*
Vibrissae