Loss of Gnas imprinting differentially affects REM/NREM sleep and cognition in mice.

It has been suggested that imprinted genes are important in the regulation of sleep. However, the fundamental question of whether genomic imprinting has a role in sleep has remained elusive up to now. In this work we show that REM and NREM sleep states are differentially modulated by the maternally...

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Main Authors: Glenda Lassi, Simon T Ball, Silvia Maggi, Giovanni Colonna, Thierry Nieus, Cheryl Cero, Alessandro Bartolomucci, Jo Peters, Valter Tucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349741?pdf=render