Luciana Benedetto

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.

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.

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.

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

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.