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... in mice.
by smokel 3y ago
... in mice.
- henryaj 3y agoIt is very well established in humans too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_therapy
- Murfalo 3y agoIndeed, the article title is a little misleading! Sleep depravation producing short-term improvements in human depression has been well known for some time. What the authors actually propose is an underlying mechanism to that improvement, in mice...
- jl6 3y ago> In a new study, researchers induced mild, acute sleep deprivation in mice and then examined their behaviors and brain activity. Not only did dopamine release increase during the acute sleep loss period, synaptic plasticity also was enhanced — literally rewiring the brain to maintain the bubbly mood for the next few days. What’s a mouse like when it’s in a bubbly mood?!
- smokel 3y agoPerhaps we misread, and "their" refers to the researchers, not to the mice!
- stevenwoo 3y agoFurther in the article they discuss monitoring activity of dopamine neurons and modifying individual neurons in the brains of these mice (which has parts analogous to human in many ways including emotion) and describing the behavior of sleep deprived mice which sort of implies what the normal behavior is.
- pvaldes 3y agoAre we talking about that small mammal that is a nocturnal species?
- dang 3y agoIndeed. Inmiced. Thanks!