Monoamine Release during Unihemispheric Sleep and Unihemispheric Waking in the Fur Seal

Conclusions:Among the studied neurotransmitters most strongly implicated in waking control, only ACh release is asymmetric in unihemispheric sleep and waking, being greatly increased on the activated side of the brain.Commentary:A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 491.Citation:Lyamin OI, Lapierre JL, Kosenko PO, Kodama T, Bhagwandin A, Korneva SM, Peever JH, Mukhametov LM, Siegel JM. Monoamine release during unihemispheric sleep and unihemispheric waking in the fur seal. SLEEP 2016;39(3):625–636.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research