Cortical and subcortical circuitry are thought to play distinct roles in the generation of sleep oscillations and global state control, respectively. Here we silenced a subset of neocortical layer 5 pyramidal and archicortical dentate gyrus granule cells in male mice by ablating SNAP25. This markedly increased wakefulness and reduced rebound of electroencephalographic slow-wave activity after sleep deprivation, suggesting a role for the cortex in both vigilance state control and sleep homeostasis.
Journal article
Nat Neurosci
09/2021
24
1210 - 1215
Animals, Dentate Gyrus, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Neocortex, Neurons, Sleep, Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25, Wakefulness