Sleep
and cognition

@LabLuthi uncovers a dual role of #locus @coeruleus in #sleep -> 1) its strict gatekeeper role for the sleep cycle 2) the partial brain-body arousals it generates. Powerful minds behind all this: @alejandrosoriof @GFoustoukos @CardisRomain

NREM sleep improves behavioral performance by desynchronizing cortical circuits | Science

Online now: NMDA receptors regulate the firing rate set point of hippocampal circuits without altering single-cell dynamics http://dlvr.it/TG3dYh