Sleepy neurons?

Christopher S. Colwell ()
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Christopher S. Colwell: Christopher S. Colwell is in the Laboratory of Sleep and Circadian Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 472, issue 7344, 427-428

Abstract: A study in rats suggests that individual neurons take a nap when the brain is forced to stay awake, and that the basic unit of sleep is the electrical activity of single cortical neurons. See Article p.443

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/472427a

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