Giulio Tononi
Giulio Tononi
Giulio Tononiis a neuroscientist and psychiatrist who holds the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine, as well as a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science, at the University of Wisconsin...
activate anywhere area brain record regions responds rest sending travel waves
Essentially, we activate an area. We can do this anywhere in the brain. Once an area is activated, it responds by sending signals, waves that travel through the axons (nerve fibers) to other regions of the brain. At the same time, we can record how the rest of the brain is responding.
activate anywhere area brain record regions responds rest sending travel waves
Essentially, we activate an area, ... We can do this anywhere in the brain. Once an area is activated, it responds by sending signals, waves that travel through the axons (nerve fibers) to other regions of the brain. At the same time, we can record how the rest of the brain is responding.
deep early response sleep
During deep sleep early in the night, ... the response is short-lived and doesn't propagate at all.
brain costs kick means sleep
That means that at the end of the day, you have a brain that costs you more energy. That's where sleep would kick in.
area brain needed stimulate talks tool
What we needed to do was stimulate an area of the brain and see if it talks to another part. We have a tool to do that now.
awake hours rest sleep
They rest for 10 hours a night, and if you keep them awake longer, they need to sleep more.
brain brains breaks islands talk
The brain breaks down into little islands that can't talk to one another.
close flies surprised
The flies surprised us with how close they were in many ways.