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REM sleep promotes experience-dependent dendritic spine elimination in the mouse cortex

Authors :
Yanmei Zhou
Cora Sau Wan Lai
Yang Bai
Wei Li
Ruohe Zhao
Guang Yang
Marcos G. Frank
Wen-Biao Gan
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Sleep plays an important role in learning and memory. Here the authors show that experience dependent elimination of spines is attenuated by REM sleep deprivation.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fdfe624c09264881a839aa367f278680
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18592-5