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...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Basics of sleep and wakefulness. Genetic dissection of sleep homeostasis
• Sleep, sleep deprivation and gene expression
• Sleep and synaptic homeostasis
• Sleep and neuronal plasticity
• Sleep and adult neurogenesis: implications for cognition and mood
• Sleep & memory: molecular mechanisms
• Sleep & memory in birds
• MRI studies of sleep and memory in humans
• Sleep & memory: cognitive function in humans
• Sleep and cognition in ageing and dementia
• The adenosine system, caffeine, and performance.- Orexin/Hypocretin regulation of arousal and optogenetics
• Sleep, stress and arousal
• Sleep and emotional regulation
• Sleep and psychiatric disorders (PTSD, anxiety, aggression, schizophrenia)
• Sleep disruption as a causal factor in depression
• Sleep deprivation therapy for depression
• Pharmacology of sleep and sleep disorders.