Sleep, Neuronal Plasticity and Brain Function

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meerlo, Peter (Editor), Benca, Ruth M. (Editor), Abel, Ted (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 25
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Behavioral sciences.; Biomedicine.; Behavioral Sciences.

This book reviews current knowledge on the importance of sleep for brain function, from molecular mechanisms to behavioral output, with special emphasis on the question of how sleep and sleep loss ultimately affect cognition and mood. It provides an extensive overview of the latest insights in the r...