A nap can recalibrate homeostatic and associative synaptic plasticity in the human cortex
The study reinforces the restorative effect of sleep for homeostatic and associative synaptic plasticity in the human cortex and demonstrates that even a short nap can promote this process.
Authors
- Jonathan G. Maier
- Pauline Henckaerts
- Matthias Kühn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-5155)
- Kristoffer D. Fehér (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-7157)
- Valentin G. Hirsch
- Carlotta L. Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0236-5946)
- Christoph Nissen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9809-0275)
- Ulrike Bucsenez
- Dieter Riemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1968-6220)
- P Feige
- Christian Mikutta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-3691)
- Elisabeth Hertenstein
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- Privatklinik Meiringen (CH)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- NeuroImage
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121723
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00