The Role of Sleep in Synaptic Plasticity at Inhibitory Synapses KU Leuven
Although we spend a third of our lives sleeping, the function of sleep at synapses remains mysterious. Studies at the level of behavior and neural network suggest that sleep is important for synaptic plasticity. However, as previous studies have focused on the excitatory synapses or undefined synapses, the effect of sleep on plasticity of inhibitory synapses remains unclear. For the function of sleep in excitatory synapses, two competing ...