Sleep and Brain Activity /
In the last few decades, scientists have discovered that far from being a time of neural silence, sleep is characterized by complex patterns of electrical, neurochemical, and metabolic activity in the brain. Sleep and the Brain presents some of the more dramatic developments in our understanding of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Waltham, MA :
Academic Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In the last few decades, scientists have discovered that far from being a time of neural silence, sleep is characterized by complex patterns of electrical, neurochemical, and metabolic activity in the brain. Sleep and the Brain presents some of the more dramatic developments in our understanding of brain activity in sleep. The book discusses what parts of the brain are active in sleep and how, and presents research on the function of sleep in memory, learning, and further brain development. Coverage encompasses the network and membrane mechanisms responsible for waking and sleeping brain acti. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280878754 9781280878756 9780123849960 0123849969 0123849950 9780123849953 |