Reduced neural feedback signaling despite robust neuron and gamma auditory responses during human sleep

H Hayat, A Marmelshtein, AJ Krom, Y Sela… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
During sleep, sensory stimuli rarely trigger a behavioral response or conscious perception.
However, it remains unclear whether sleep inhibits specific aspects of sensory processing …

Why does sleep slow-wave activity increase after extended wake? Assessing the effects of increased cortical firing during wake and sleep

AV Rodriguez, CM Funk, VV Vyazovskiy… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
During non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, cortical neurons alternate between ON
periods of firing and OFF periods of silence. This bi-stability, which is largely synchronous …

Attenuated fast steady-state visual evoked potentials during human sleep

O Sharon, Y Nir - Cerebral cortex, 2018 - academic.oup.com
During sleep, external sensory events rarely elicit a behavioral response or affect
perception. However, how sensory processing differs between wakefulness and sleep …

Auditory responses and stimulus-specific adaptation in rat auditory cortex are preserved across NREM and REM sleep

Y Nir, VV Vyazovskiy, C Cirelli, MI Banks… - Cerebral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Sleep entails a disconnection from the external environment. By and large, sensory stimuli
do not trigger behavioral responses and are not consciously perceived as they usually are in …

Responses in rat core auditory cortex are preserved during sleep spindle oscillations

Y Sela, VV Vyazovskiy, C Cirelli, G Tononi, Y Nir - Sleep, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Sleep is defined as a reversible state of reduction in sensory
responsiveness and immobility. A long-standing hypothesis suggests that a high arousal …

Behavioral and brain responses to verbal stimuli reveal transient periods of cognitive integration of the external world during sleep

B Türker, EM Musat, E Chabani, A Fonteix-Galet… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sleep has long been considered as a state of behavioral disconnection from the
environment, without reactivity to external stimuli. Here we questioned this 'sleep …

Interplay between spontaneous and induced brain activity during human non-rapid eye movement sleep

TT Dang-Vu, M Bonjean, M Schabus… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Humans are less responsive to the surrounding environment during sleep. However, the
extent to which the human brain responds to external stimuli during sleep is uncertain. We …

Covert waking brain activity reveals instantaneous sleep depth

SM McKinney, TT Dang-Vu, OM Buxton, JM Solet… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The neural correlates of the wake-sleep continuum remain incompletely understood, limiting
the development of adaptive drug delivery systems for promoting sleep maintenance. The …

Rapid fast-delta decay following prolonged wakefulness marks a phase of wake-inertia in NREM sleep

J Hubbard, TC Gent, MMB Hoekstra… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sleep-wake driven changes in non-rapid-eye-movement sleep (NREM) sleep (NREMS)
EEG delta (δ-) power are widely used as proxy for a sleep homeostatic process. Here, we …

Essential thalamic contribution to slow waves of natural sleep

F David, JT Schmiedt, HL Taylor, G Orban… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Slow waves represent one of the prominent EEG signatures of non-rapid eye movement
(non-REM) sleep and are thought to play an important role in the cellular and network …