Sleep homeostasis: finding Odysseus among the mnesteres.
Sleep homeostasis: finding Odysseus among the mnesteres.
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睡眠稳态:在记忆中寻找奥德修斯。
DOI:
10.1093/sleep/33.9.1131
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发表时间:
2010
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影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Veasey,Sigrid
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作者:
Veasey,Sigrid
SLEEP, Vol. 33, No. 9, 2010 1132 Commentary—Veasey deprivation. From this approach, we can conclude that genes for many myelin molecules, membrane and cytoskeleton proteins are suppressed by enforced wakefulness in a corticosterone-dependent fashion. If we wish to answer what processes are disrupted by prolonged sleep restriction, or why do we need to sleep, the adrenals must remain intact, and the approach used by Mackiewicz et al., 13 with several durations of sleep deprivation that provide different levels of homeostatic drive, would be preferable.Let us be as cautious as Penelope in our quest for sleep homeostasis genes. Does a focused proteomics screen (for this mRNA array list) support involvement of these genes in sleep homeostasis? Does Homer1 or any other candidate gene show a dose-dependent response to sleep loss that predicts the homeostatic drive across several strains of mice? Does this gene increase to a larger extent in youth with increased homeostatic drive and does this response deteriorate with aging in parallel with changes in homeostatic drive? Does the candidate gene increase locally in a brain region activated in specific motor or visual challenges across wakefulness and where rebound slow wave sleep is enhanced? Penelope did not find Odysseus by herself; she was helped in her quest by her son, her maid, the gods and Odysseus. We, too, will likely have to put forth a wellplanned collaborative effort to find our Odysseus.