Nature neuroscience
Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.
Antoine Bergel, Julien M Schmidt, Baptiste Barrillot, Sébastien Arthaud, Laetitia Averty, Mark S Blumberg, Camille Carachet, Angeline Clair, Irina Filchenko, Chloé Froidevaux, Anthony Herrel, Bertrand Massot, Niels C Rattenborg, Markus H Schmidt, Mickael Tanter
Published: 202510.1038/s41593-025-02159-y
Abstract
By recording brain activity in seven lizard species, humans, rats and pigeons, we demonstrate an infraslow brain rhythm during sleep in all species. This rhythm is tightly coupled with eye movements, muscle tone, heart and breathing rate in lizards,…
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