Sleep-Deprived Rats Take "Brain Naps"

Christopher Colwell, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute, was interviewed April 28 by Agence France Press and April 29 by National Public Radio's “Talk of The Nation” and USA Today about research showing that neurons in the brains of sleep-deprived rats can enter a sleeplike state even when the rats are awake.

• “Sleep-Deprived Rats Take "Brain Naps" http://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135841000/sleep-deprived-rats-take-brain-naps
• “Brain May Go Off-line with Lack of Sleep” http://www.usatoday.com/news/usaedition/2011-04-29-sleepingrats29-st_st_...
• “Caught Napping: can we be Awake and Asleep at the same Time? http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20110428-333391/Cau...