Experimental sleep deprivation as a tool to test memory deficits in rodents

Experimental sleep deprivation as a tool to test memory deficits in rodents

Paradigms of sleep deprivation (SD) and memory testing in rodents (laboratory rats and mice) are here reviewed. The vast majority of these studies have been aimed at understanding the contribution of sleep to cognition, and in particular to memory. Relatively little attention, instead, has been devo...

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Main Authors: VALERIA eCOLAVITO, Paolo Francesco Fabene, Gigliola eGrassi Zucconi, Fabien ePifferi, Yves eLamberty, Marina eBentivoglio, Giuseppe eBertini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
Learning
Memory
Sleep
Mouse
rat
Alzheimer’s disease
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00106/full

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