title: Sleep-active cells in the cerebral cortex and their role in slow-wave activity.
abstract: We recently identified neurons in the cerebral cortex that become activated during sleep episodes with high slow-wave activity (SWA). The distinctive properties of these neurons are the ability to produce nitric oxide and their long-range projections within the cortex. In this review, we discuss how these characteristics of sleep-active cells could be relevant to SWA production in the cortex. We also discuss possible models of the role of nNOS cells in SWA production.
authors.affiliation: Center for Neuroscience Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA.
authors.forename: Dmitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gerashchenko
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wisor
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kilduff