| Literature DB >> 21625335 |
Dmitry Gerashchenko1, Jonathan P Wisor, Thomas S Kilduff.
Abstract
We recently identified neurons in the cerebral cortex that become activated during sleep episodes with high slow-wave activity (SWA). The distinctive properties of these neurons are the ability to produce nitric oxide and their long-range projections within the cortex. In this review, we discuss how these characteristics of sleep-active cells could be relevant to SWA production in the cortex. We also discuss possible models of the role of nNOS cells in SWA production.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21625335 PMCID: PMC3103062 DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00461.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sleep Biol Rhythms ISSN: 1446-9235 Impact factor: 1.186