Effects of daytime food intake on memory consolidation during sleep or sleep deprivation.

Sleep enhances memory consolidation. Bearing in mind that food intake produces many metabolic signals that can influence memory processing in humans (e.g., insulin), the present study addressed the question as to whether the enhancing effect of sleep on memory consolidation is affected by the amount...

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Main Authors: Nina Herzog, Alexia Friedrich, Naoko Fujita, Steffen Gais, Kamila Jauch-Chara, Kerstin M Oltmanns, Christian Benedict
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386989?pdf=render