Sleep and cognition
Sleep is fascinating. We study brain activity during sleep, how it supports cognition and restorative functions, and how it affects sensation and consciousness.
Yuval Nir 💔 Follow
Studying sleep, anesthesia, neuromodulation, memory, and sensory processing, combining human and animal models, Tel Aviv University | @labnir.bsky.social
Astrocytes.. we haven't been paying enough attention:
Our latest work, published in @CellCellPress, identifies a rare soluble #tau species in human #Alzheimer’s brain that suppresses CA1 complex-spike bursting, a hippocampal neuronal firing pattern that is critical for learning and memory.
Faculty of Medicine • Sagol School of Neuroscience Biomedical Engineering • Tel Aviv Medical Center