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Maturation of Sleep EEG Complexity in Preterm Newborns: Insights from Lempel-Ziv and Joint Lempel-Ziv Analyses

This study uses Lempel-Ziv Complexity metrics to analyze EEG data from preterm infants, showing how sleep state complexity and maturation change with postmenstrual age.

Thalamic and cortical signals synergistically represent auditory prediction errors

The paper shows that thalamic and cortical signals work together to represent auditory prediction errors, with synergistic interactions that go beyond simple relay.

State-dependent top-down and bottom-up processes in gamma-band (~40 Hz) oscillations of the cat EEG

This study examines gamma-band oscillations in cat EEG during wakefulness and sleep, finding top-down directionality in quiet wakefulness and bottom-up responses to simple stimuli.

Modafinil Modulation of Oscillatory and Aperiodic Brain Activity in Rats Across Wakefulness and Subsequent Sleep

This study examines how modafinil affects brain activity in rats during wakefulness and sleep, finding increased gamma-band power and altered sleep patterns.

Differential effects of postpartum sleep restriction on maternal and offspring immunity in the rat

This study examines how postpartum sleep restriction in rat mothers affects their and their offspring's immunity, finding sex-specific impacts on offspring antibody levels and lymphocyte counts.

Study of changes in brain dynamics during sleep cycles in dogs under effect of trazodone

This study examines how trazodone affects brain dynamics in dogs during sleep cycles using EEG analysis, finding changes in sleep structure, power distribution, and connectivity.

Early Sleep-Dependent Sensory Gating in the Olfactory System

The paper investigates sleep-dependent sensory gating in the olfactory system, showing reduced olfactory bulb activity during sleep and its correlation with neocortical slow-wave activity.

Dual hypocretin receptor antagonism enhances sleep and nursing behavior in lactating rats.

This study examines the effects of the DORA Suvorexant on sleep and maternal behavior in lactating rats, finding increased nursing and reduced active maternal behavior.

Higher-Order Interaction Analysis via Hypergraph Models for Studying Multidimensional Neuroscience Data.

This paper applies hypergraph models to analyze multidimensional neuroscience data, revealing distinct connectivity patterns in sleep stages and epilepsy types.

Communication subspace dynamics of the canonical olfactory pathway

The paper identifies a communication subspace in the olfactory pathway that enables feedforward and feedback transmission during nasal respiration.

Regulation of REM Sleep Onset and Homeostasis by Preoptic Glutamatergic Neurons

This study investigates the role of preoptic glutamatergic neurons in REM sleep regulation, finding they suppress REMs and disrupt sleep homeostasis when activated.

Differential Effects of Haloperidol on Neural Oscillations During Wakefulness and Sleep

This study examines how haloperidol affects oscillatory and aperiodic brain activity during wakefulness and sleep in cats, revealing state-dependent modulation of oscillatory dynamics.

Cortical high-frequency oscillations ({approx} 110 Hz) in cats are state-dependent and enhanced by a subanesthetic dose of ketamine

This study examines how subanesthetic ketamine affects high-frequency cortical oscillations in cats, finding state-dependent changes and respiratory coupling.

Characterizing the power spectrum dynamics of the NREM to REM sleep transition

The paper analyzes the spectral dynamics during the NREM to REM sleep transition in rats, identifying specific power changes in different brain regions that precede REM sleep onset.

Noribogaine effects on wakefulness and sleep

This study investigates the effects of noribogaine on sleep and wakefulness in rats, finding it promotes wakefulness and reduces slow-wave and REM sleep.

Dorsal and median raphe neuronal firing dynamics characterized by non-linear metrics

The paper uses non-linear metrics to differentiate firing dynamics between dorsal and median raphe neurons in rats, finding that OP Entropy is effective in distinguishing these neurons.

Mechanisms and functions of respiration-driven gamma oscillations in the primary olfactory cortex

This study investigates how respiration drives gamma oscillations in the piriform cortex of awake mice, showing their role in local neuronal computations and sparse odor coding.

Electrophysiological characterization of medial preoptic neurons in lactating rats and its modulation by hypocretin-1

This study examines the electrophysiological properties of medial preoptic area neurons in lactating and virgin rats and how they respond to hypocretin-1.

Urethane Anesthesia Exhibits Neurophysiological Correlates of Unconsciousness and is Distinct from Sleep

This study compares electroencephalographic signatures of urethane anesthesia and natural sleep-wake states in rats, finding distinct neurophysiological features in urethane that differentiate it from sleep.

Low Frequency Oscillations drive EEG's complexity changes during wakefulness and sleep

This study shows that low-frequency brain oscillations drive changes in EEG complexity during sleep and wakefulness in rats.

Ketamine and sleep modulate neural complexity dynamics in cats

This study examines how ketamine and sleep stages affect neural complexity in cats using Lempel-Ziv compression, finding dose-dependent changes and differences across brain regions.

Role of hypocretin in the medial preoptic area in the regulation of sleep, maternal behavior and body temperature of lactating rats.

OFF-periods reduce the complexity of neocortical activity during sleep

The paper shows that synchronous neuronal OFF-periods during slow-wave sleep reduce electroencephalographic signal complexity by trapping cortical dynamics, making activity more recurrent and deterministic.

Local administration of bicuculline into the ventrolateral and medial preoptic nuclei modifies sleep and maternal behavior in lactating rats.

This study examines how bicuculline infusion into specific preoptic nuclei of lactating rats affects sleep and maternal behaviors, revealing distinct effects on active maternal care and wakefulness.

Glutamatergic neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus promote wakefulness, destabilize NREM sleep, suppress REM sleep, and regulate cortical dynamics

Gamma band alterations and REM-like traits underpin the acute effect of the atypical psychedelic ibogaine

This study investigates the electrophysiological effects of ibogaine in rats, finding increased gamma oscillation power with reduced coherence and complexity, suggesting REM sleep traits in the psychedelic state.

Power and coherence in the EEG of the rat: impact of behavioral states, cortical area, lateralization and light/dark phases

The paper analyzes iEEG power and coherence in rats across behavioral states, cortical areas, and light/dark phases, finding state- and area-dependent changes and REM sleep-specific hemispheric differences.

Communication through coherence by means of cross-frequency coupling

The paper investigates whether cross-frequency coupling (CFC) between theta and fast gamma oscillations supports communication through coherence (CTC) by examining phase-dependent synchronization across the neocortex during REM sleep.

Electrocortical temporal complexity during wakefulness and sleep: an updated account

This study shows that electrocortical temporal complexity decreases during sleep regardless of electrode configuration, suggesting brain-generated differences in complexity between wakefulness and sleep.

Decreased electrocortical temporal complexity distinguishes sleep from wakefulness

The paper uses permutation entropy to show that electrocortical complexity decreases during sleep compared to wakefulness in rats, suggesting a global thalamo-cortical pattern change.