Coupling of Thalamocortical Sleep Oscillations Are Important for Memory Consolidation in Humans.

Sleep, specifically non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, is thought to play a critical role in the consolidation of recent memories. Two main oscillatory activities observed during NREM, cortical slow oscillations (SO, 0.5-1.0 Hz) and thalamic spindles (12-15 Hz), have been shown to independently co...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Niknazar, Giri P Krishnan, Maxim Bazhenov, Sara C Mednick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4699460?pdf=render