﻿ Synaptic Potentiation and Sleep Need: Clues from Molecular and
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Center, Inc. Doylestown, PA   Synaptic Potentiation and Sleep
Need: Clues from Molecular and Electrophysiological Studies
Author(s): Erin C. Hanlon, Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy, Ugo
Faraguna, Giulio Tononi and Chiara Cirelli  Affiliation: Dept.
of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6001 Research
Park Blvd, Madison, WI 53719, USA.  Keywords: Sleep homeostasis,
local sleep, slow wave activity, EEG, plasticity, Synaptic
homeostasis, cortical neurons, slow oscillation, brain circuits,
synaptic homeostasis hypothesis, synaptic potentiation,
fundamental cellular phenomenon, homeostatic behavio, neuronal
synchronization, Behavioral manipulations   Sleep is
homeostatically regulated in all species that have been
carefully studied. In mammals and birds, the best characterized
marker of sleep pressure is slow wave activi