{"product_id":"sleep-and-brain-activity-marcos-g-frank-9780123849953","title":"Sleep and Brain Activity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last few decades, scientists have discovered that far from being a time of neural silence, sleep is characterized by complex patterns of electrical, neurochemical, and metabolic activity in the brain. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleep and the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e presents some of the more dramatic developments in our understanding of brain activity in sleep. The book discusses what parts of the brain are active in sleep and how, and presents research on the function of sleep in memory, learning, and further brain development. Coverage encompasses the network and membrane mechanisms responsible for waking and sleeping brain activity, the roles of glial cells in the sleeping brain, the molecular basis of sleep EEG rhythms, and research on songbirds, rodents, and humans indicating the function of sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcos G. Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0123849950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780123849953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Academic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Marcos G. Frank","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112822878463,"sku":"9780123849953","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_902dcfc8-ecd7-4d08-9fb9-50aa0d4ebf5b.jpg?v=1769611182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sleep-and-brain-activity-marcos-g-frank-9780123849953","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}