Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Plasticity and Memory

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22 April 2015

Waking up to the alarm: sleep, clocks, and making memory (s)tick

Jason R. Gerstner

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Sara J. Aton

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H. Craig Heller

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Jason Robert Gerstner

Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University

H C Heller

Stanford University

Sara J Aton

University of Michigan

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Time-of-day regulated processes such as sleep and circadian rhythms
are known to interact with plasticity related processes, such as
neural excitability, synaptic efficacy, and many forms of cognitive
processing, including learning and memory formation. The influence of
genetic, epigenetic, molecular, cellular, and circuit dynamics are
some of the factors that contribute to the ability of organisms to
adapt to changes in environmental stimuli, and often through
phylogenetically conserved pathways. Chronobiological underpinnings
regulating time-of-day mediated behaviors, such as circadian rhythms
and sleep, are thought to interact with, and even share in common
cellular processes, signaling cascades and molecular mechanisms which
shape plasticity. In this special topics issue, the goal is to
highlight current research and views on the expansive relationship
between sleep and chronobiology with plasticity and memory.

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Jason Robert Gerstner

Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University

H C Heller

Stanford University

Sara J Aton

University of Michigan

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