title: Circuit-based interrogation of sleep control.
abstract: Sleep is a fundamental biological process observed widely in the animal kingdom, but the neural circuits generating sleep remain poorly understood. Understanding the brain mechanisms controlling sleep requires the identification of key neurons in the control circuits and mapping of their synaptic connections. Technical innovations over the past decade have greatly facilitated dissection of the sleep circuits. This has set the stage for understanding how a variety of environmental and physiological factors influence sleep. The ability to initiate and terminate sleep on command will also help us to elucidate its functions within and beyond the brain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D012890:Sleep / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology