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Sleep Enhances Plasticity in the Developing Visual Cortex

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Frank, Marcos G, Issa, Naoum P, Stryker, Michael P·2001·Neuron

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During a critical period of brain development, occluding the vision of one eye causes a rapid remodeling of the visual cortex and its inputs. Sleep has been linked to other processes thought to depend on synaptic remodeling, but a role for sleep in this form of cortical plasticity has not been demonstrated. We found that sleep enhanced the effects of a preceding period of monocular deprivation on visual cortical responses, but wakefulness in complete darkness did not do so. The enhancement of plasticity by sleep was at least as great as that produced by an equal amount of additional deprivation. These findings demonstrate that sleep and sleep loss modify experience-dependent cortical plasticity in vivo. They suggest that sleep in early life may play a crucial role in brain development.

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  • In developing cortex of cats, ocular dominance plasticity induced by monocular deprivation requires sleep.

    “In the developing cortex of cats, ocular dominance plasticity induced by monocular deprivation of one eye requires sleep (77,412,413).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [412]

  • ODP is sleep-dependent: sleep after monocular deprivation resulted in almost twofold increase in synaptic remodeling in visual cortical areas, whereas a similar waking interval in darkness tended toward erasure of monocular deprivation effects.

    “ODP is sleepdependent inasmuch as sleep following a period of monocular deprivation resulted in an almost twofold increase in synaptic remodeling in visual cortical areas, whereas after a similar waking interval in complete darkness, a tendency for erasure of the effects induced by the preceding monocular deprivation was observed (412).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [412]

  • ODP was paralleled by increased multiunit activity during both SWS and REM sleep and was correlated with time spent in non-REM sleep.

    “ODP was paralleled by increased multiunit activity during both SWS and REM sleep, and was correlated to the time spent in non-REM sleep (412).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [412]

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Authors
Frank, M. G., Issa, N. P., & Stryker, M. P.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Stryker, Michael P
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-04
Volume
30
Issue
1
Pages
275-287
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2171903257
Cited by
523
References
92
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Eye Institute (F32EY006880, R01EY002874, EY-02874, R37EY002874, EY06880, EY60831)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
sleep, visual cortex, monocular deprivation, cortical plasticity, critical period, experience-dependent plasticity, synaptic remodeling, sleep deprivation, brain development, ocular dominance
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Animals, Blindness, Cats, Electroencephalography, Female, Male, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Sleep, Sleep, REM, Visual Cortex, Visual Pathways, Wakefulness

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