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Erasing Synapses in Sleep: Is It Time to Be SHY?

Converging lines of evidence strongly support a role for sleep in brain plasticity. An elegant idea that may explain how sleep accomplishes this role is the “synaptic homeostasis hypothesis (SHY).” According to SHY, sleep promotes net synaptic weakening which offsets net synaptic strengthening that...

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Autor principal: Frank, Marcos Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22530156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/264378