Sleep is a behavioural state that is conserved throughout the animal kingdom. However, the
function of sleep is still unknown. The Synaptic Homeostasis Hypothesis (SHY) proposes …

Sleep is a nearly universal behaviour with unclear functions. The Synaptic Homeostasis
Hypothesis (SHY) proposes that sleep is required to renormalize the increases in synaptic …

Researchers have speculated that sleep facilitates synaptic pruning to rebalance neuronal
connections formed during waking hours. In a recent Naturestudy, Suppermpool et al …

Sleep is a nearly universal behaviour with unclear functions. The synaptic homeostasis
hypothesis proposes that sleep is required to renormalize the increases in synaptic number …

Researchers have speculated that sleep facilitates synaptic pruning to rebalance neuronal
connections formed during waking hours. In a recent Naturestudy, Suppermpool et al …

Researchers have speculated that sleep facilitates synaptic pruning to rebalance neuronal
connections formed during waking hours. In a recent Naturestudy, Suppermpool et al …

The circadian clock and homeostatic processes are fundamental mechanisms that regulate
sleep. Surprisingly, despite decades of research, we still do not know why we sleep …

Over the past decade, zebrafish have emerged as a powerful model for the study of
vertebrate sleep and wake behaviors. Experimental evidence has demonstrated behavioral …

Highlights•Zebrafish have advanced genetic and functional imaging toolkits to study
sleep.•Zebrafish have conserved sleep genes and neurons.•Recent zebrafish studies have …

Every day, we shift among various states of sleep and arousal to meet the many demands of
our bodies and environment. A central puzzle in neurobiology is how the brain controls …