Challenging sleep homeostasis
In this commentary, I play the Devil’s advocate and assume the title of High Contrarian. I intend to be provocative to challenge long-standing ideas about sleep. I blame all on Professor Craig Heller, who taught me to think this way as a graduate student in his laboratory. Scientists should fearless...
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doaj-9695ed0076db4e96adb910eca81264782021-05-24T04:31:39ZengElsevierNeurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms2451-99442021-05-0110100060Challenging sleep homeostasisMarcos G. Frank0Washington State University Spokane, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Science Building 213, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA, 99202, USAIn this commentary, I play the Devil’s advocate and assume the title of High Contrarian. I intend to be provocative to challenge long-standing ideas about sleep. I blame all on Professor Craig Heller, who taught me to think this way as a graduate student in his laboratory. Scientists should fearlessly jump into the foaming edge of what we know, but also consider how safe are their intellectual harbors. There are many ideas we accept as ‘known’: that sleep is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, that it serves vital functions, that it plays an essential role in brain plasticity. All of this could be wrong. As one example, I reexamine the idea that sleep is regulated by a mysterious ‘homeostat’ that determines sleep need based on prior wake time.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451994421000018SleepProcess SHomeostasisSlow-wave activity |
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In this commentary, I play the Devil’s advocate and assume the title of High Contrarian. I intend to be provocative to challenge long-standing ideas about sleep. I blame all on Professor Craig Heller, who taught me to think this way as a graduate student in his laboratory. Scientists should fearlessly jump into the foaming edge of what we know, but also consider how safe are their intellectual harbors. There are many ideas we accept as ‘known’: that sleep is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, that it serves vital functions, that it plays an essential role in brain plasticity. All of this could be wrong. As one example, I reexamine the idea that sleep is regulated by a mysterious ‘homeostat’ that determines sleep need based on prior wake time. |
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