Sleep is required for neural network plasticity in the jellyfish Cassiopea
Michael J. Abrams, Lilian Zhang, Konnor von Emster, Brandon H. Lee, Hannah Zeigler, Tanya Jain, Ali Jafri, Zhiqin Chen, Richard M. Harland
The paper investigates sleep in the brainless jellyfish Cassiopea, showing that sleep maintains neural network plasticity through changes in ganglia activity patterns.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience