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In the last few decades, scientists have discovered that far from being a time of neural silence, sleep is characterized by complex patterns of electrical, neurochemical and metabolic activity in the brain. At the level of the electroencephalogram (EEG), the states of rapid-eye-movement (REM) and non-REM sleep are accompanied by massive changes in the activity of millions of neurons, resulting in widespread changes in neural excitation, as well as rhythmic waves of activity. Functional brain imaging has shown unusual changes in brain metabolism that accompany sleep onset and the descent into the deeper stages of sleep. These mysterious patterns of EEG activity and metabolism are paralleled by equally mysterious changes in the behavior of single neurons and non-electrical brain cells known as glia, and changes in gene expression that are starkly different than what is observed during wakefulness. Understanding how and why these events occur in the brain may one day provide an answer to an even deeper mystery: Why do we sleep?
Collates material dispersed across wide gamut of primary literature into one place
Focuses on the most interesting and prolific research results on brain activity as it relates to sleep
Practical real data discussion includes functional brain imaging and EEG research
"Sleep and the Brain presents some of the more dramatic developments in our understanding of brain activity in sleep.Coverage encompasses the network and membrane mechanisms responsible for waking and sleeping brain activity, the roles of glial cells in the sleeping brain, the molecular basis of sleep EEG rhythms, and research on songbirds, rodents, and humans indicating the function of sleep."--Doody.com, April 24, 2013
| Preface | |
| "Neuronal Oscillations in Thalamocortical System During Sleeping and Waking States | |
| "Corticothalamic Rhythms During States of Reduced Vigilance" | |
| "Glial Modulation of Sleep and Electroencephalographic Rhythms" | |
| "Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Rhythmic EEG Activity During Sleep" | |
| " Evoked Electrophysiological and Vascular Responses Across Sleep" | |
| "Sleep and Learning in Birds: Rats! There's More to Sleep" | |
| "Phasic Pontine-wave (P-wave)" Generation: Cellular-Molecular-Network Mechanism and Functional Significance" | |
| "Neural Correlates of Human Sleep and Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing" | |
| "Sleep EEG Rhythms and System Consolidation of Memory" | |
| "Sleep Slow Oscillations and Cortical Maturation" | |
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ISBN: 9780123849953
ISBN-10: 0123849950
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 18th July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.59
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