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Time to Be SHY? Some Comments on Sleep and Synaptic Homeostasis

Sleep must serve an essential, universal function, one that offsets the risk of being disconnected from the environment. The synaptic homeostasis hypothesis (SHY) is an attempt to identify this essential function. Its core claim is that sleep is needed to reestablish synaptic homeostasis, which is c...

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Main Authors: Tononi, Giulio, Cirelli, Chiara
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350977/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22619736
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/415250
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