The Non-Benzodiazepine Hypnotic Zolpidem Impairs Sleep-Dependent Cortical Plasticity

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The effects of hypnotics on sleep-dependent brain plasticity are unknown. We have shown that sleep enhances a canonical model of in vivo cortical plasticity, known as ocular dominance plasticity (ODP). We investigated the effects of 3 different classes of hypnotics on ODP. DESIGN:...

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Main Authors: Seibt, Julie, Aton, Sara J., Jha, Sushil K., Coleman, Tammi, Dumoulin, Michelle C., Frank, Marcos G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC 2008
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Zolidem and Sleep-Dependent Cortical Plasticity
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572743/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18853935
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