Supplying the sleeping brain

Elife. 2020 Dec 23:9:e64597. doi: 10.7554/eLife.64597.

Authors

Stephanie D Williams¹, Laura D Lewis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, United States.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, United States.

Abstract

During sleep, the brain experiences large fluctuations in blood volume and altered coupling between neural and vascular signals.

Keywords: arousal state; blood flow; electrophysiology; mouse; neuroscience; neurovascular coupling; optical imaging; sleep.

© 2020, Williams and Lewis.

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MeSH terms

Brain
Neurovascular Coupling*
Sleep
Sleep, REM