Progress and perspective of the wakefulness and sleep researches in 2018

Abstract

Wakefulness and sleep are an important biological rhythm that exists in almost all animals, and play a crucial role in maintenance of organism function. Basic researches of wakefulness and sleep mainly focus on the mechanisms and functions of wakefulness and sleep. This paper reviews the representative progress in these 2 aspects in 2018, and looks forward to the future research.

Keywords

• wakefulness and sleep
• thalamus
• circadian clock neurons
• synaptic homestasis
• memory consolidation