Targeting the Hippocampus in Sleep Deprivation (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Targeting the Hippocampus in Sleep Deprivation

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The hippocampus of a mouse in the University of Pennsylvania study glows green where cells have taken up a receptor that triggers a cAMP signalling pathway. After administering the ligand to the receptor, researchers could selectively boost cAMP levels in this region and this cell type only. They found that 'rescuing' these cells with a shot of cAMP preventing the memory problems that sleep loss can induce.

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