Sleep's role to down-scale glutamate, excitatory, frontal cortical synapses is extended to include an up-scaling of metaplastic LTP potential, in recovery from prolonged waking induced saturation of ...

This pattern of electrical activity is seen in the six layers of tissue that cover the outside of mammals' brains, known as ...

The study helps us understand better how sensory information and behavioral choices are connected within the cortex. This is the brain’s outer layer responsible for shaping our conscious ...