Exam 14: Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming

How would weakening synapses during sleep possibly help with memory consolidation?

One explanation for why Sleepy mice are so sleepy is based on

_______% of sleep in the first two weeks of life is _______ sleep.

Write a coherent and informative paragraph incorporating each of the following terms or concepts: sleep; consolidation; learning; REM; SWS

Discuss the hypotheses that have been advanced to explain why we sleep, citing experimental data, where appropriate.

Small-amplitude, high-frequency EEG patterns with eye movements are seen in people who are in

The type of rhythmicity characterized by the regular, predictable onset of a particular behavior once a day is called

Data from screening thousands of mouse mutant strains during sleep has isolated two mutations dubbed Sleepy and Dreamless. How do these mutations differ in terms of sleep and what is an implication in terms of the role of sleep in memory consolidation?

A significant drawback to the use of classical sleeping pills is that they tend to _______ the amount of time spent in REM sleep.

Summarize the research that identified the major neural centers involved in regulating sleep stages.

Discuss the evidence suggesting that individual neurons switch between being on-line and off-line. How has this phenomenon been shown to affect motor behavior?

Humans in constant conditions appear to have different endogenous clocks governing cycles of _______.

The attacks of sleep that occur in narcolepsy are characterized by

The brain structure involved in the inhibition of motor movement during REM sleep is the _______.

It has been proposed that SWS is promoted through the actions of GABA on the _______, in the _______.

Which observation supports the idea that individual neurons can "sleep"?

The pattern of sleep in elderly humans is characterized by increases in

The type of rhythmicity characterized by the regular, predictable onset of a particular behavior once a year is called

Write a coherent and informative paragraph incorporating each of the following terms or concepts: sleep debt; long-term; short-term; repayment

Review the experimental evidence-from lesions, and transplants-confirming the hypothesis that the mammalian hypothalamus houses a master clock entrained by light-dark information.