Stereotypic wheel running decreases cortical activity in mice

Sleep need is thought to accumulate gradually over waking periods and is associated with changes in neuronal activity. Here the authors show that in mice cortical firing rates increase between the beginning and end of wakefulness periods but this increase is not seen in waking periods with voluntary...

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Main Authors: Simon P. Fisher, Nanyi Cui, Laura E. McKillop, Jessica Gemignani, David M. Bannerman, Peter L. Oliver, Stuart N. Peirson, Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13138