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Sleep as a fundamental property of neuronal assemblies

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Krueger, James M., Rector, David M., Roy, Sandip, Van Dongen, Hans P. A., Belenky, Gregory, Panksepp, Jaak·2008·Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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Sleep is vital to cognitive performance, productivity, health and well-being. Earlier theories of sleep presumed that it occurred at the level of the whole organism and that it was governed by central control mechanisms. However, evidence now indicates that sleep might be regulated at a more local level in the brain: it seems to be a fundamental property of neuronal networks and is dependent on prior activity in each network. Such local-network sleep might be initiated by metabolically driven changes in the production of sleep-regulatory substances. We discuss a mathematical model which illustrates that the sleep-like states of individual cortical columns can be synchronized through humoral and electrical connections, and that whole-organism sleep occurs as an emergent property of local-network interactions.

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  • Encoding of information during waking enhances subsequent SWA in specific brain regions.

    “in demonstrating that the encoding of information during waking enhances subsequent SWA in specific brain regions, these studies provide compelling evidence that SWA is regulated locally in addition to its global regulation by brain stem and diencephalic structures (672, 859, 975, 1267).”

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    Section III, “Sleep Depends on Past Activity” (page unavailable), reports that regions disproportionately stimulated during waking show enhanced EEG delta power during subsequent NREM sleep. This supports the regional SWA finding, but the passage describes stimulation and prior use, not specifically the encoding of information. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • SWA is regulated locally in addition to its global regulation by brain stem and diencephalic structures.

    “these studies provide compelling evidence that SWA is regulated locally in addition to its global regulation by brain stem and diencephalic structures (672, 859, 975, 1267).”

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  • The pro-inflammatory acting cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6, IL-15, and IL-18 have NREM sleep-promoting actions in animal models.

    “the pro-inflammatory acting cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6, IL-15, and IL-18 have NREM sleep-promoting actions in animal models (238, 306, 307, 309).”

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Authors
Krueger, J. M., Rector, D. M., Roy, S., Van Dongen, H. P. A., Belenky, G., & Panksepp, J.
Affiliations
  • Washington State University (US)
  • Washington State University Spokane (US)
Corresponding author
Krueger, James M.
Venue
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Published
2008-11-05
Volume
9
Issue
12
Pages
910-919
ISSN
  • 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0048
OpenAlex
W2086969201
Cited by
596
References
100
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • W. M. Keck Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH71830, R01MH071830)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS-31453, NS-25378, R01NS031453, R01NS025378)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
sleep regulation, cell assemblies, cortical columns, sleep-like state, neuronal synchronization
MeSH terms
Brain, Humans, Models, Biological, Nerve Net, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Sleep

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