Sustained Activation of a Defensive Behavior-Related Circuit Elicits a distinct Homeostatic Sleep Response
Chun Yang, Victoria Lombardi, David S. Uygun, Ritchie Edward Brown, James Timothy McKenna, Radhika Basheer
The paper compares homeostatic sleep responses after two types of wakefulness: gentle handling and optogenetic stimulation of defensive behavior-related neurons, finding distinct sleep recovery patterns.
bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience