title: Sleep biology: tuning in while tuned out.
abstract: The barrel cortex and whisker thalamus preferentially respond to whisker movements during REM sleep in infant rats. Understanding why the brain tunes into sensory signals while it's tuned out in sleep may provide clues about the functions of REM sleep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada.
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fraigne
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peever
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D051381:Rats; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014738:Vibrissae