Journal article
The developing brain revealed during sleep
Current opinion in physiology, Vol.15, pp.14-22
06/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.11.002
PMCID: PMC7450535
PMID: 32864534
Abstract
Given the prevalence of sleep in early development, any satisfactory account of infant brain activity must consider what happens during sleep. Only recently, however, has it become possible to record sleep-related brain activity in newborn rodents. Using such methods in rat pups, it is now clear that sleep, more so than wake, provides a crucial context for the processing of sensory input and the expression of functional connectivity throughout the sensorimotor system. In addition, sleep uniquely reveals functional activity in the developing primary motor cortex, which establishes a somatosensory map long before its role in motor control emerges. These findings will inform our understanding of the developmental processes that contribute to the nascent sense of embodiment in human infants.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The developing brain revealed during sleep
- Creators
- Mark S Blumberg - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USAJames C Dooley - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USAGreta Sokoloff - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current opinion in physiology, Vol.15, pp.14-22
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.11.002
- PMID
- 32864534
- PMCID
- PMC7450535
- NLM abbreviation
- Curr Opin Physiol
- ISSN
- 2468-8673
- eISSN
- 2468-8673
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000071, name: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2020
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070612602771
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