Sleep spindles: mechanisms and functions

LMJ Fernandez, A Lüthi - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

[HTML][HTML] About sleep's role in memory

B Rasch, J Born - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Over more than a century of research has established the fact that sleep benefits the
retention of memory. In this review we aim to comprehensively cover the field of “sleep and …

Sleep quality, duration, and consistency are associated with better academic performance in college students

K Okano, JR Kaczmarzyk, N Dave, JDE Gabrieli… - NPJ science of …, 2019 - nature.com
Although numerous survey studies have reported connections between sleep and cognitive
function, there remains a lack of quantitative data using objective measures to directly …

[HTML][HTML] The microstructure of REM sleep: Why phasic and tonic?

P Simor, G van der Wijk, L Nobili, P Peigneux - Sleep medicine reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a peculiar neural state that occupies 20–25% of
nighttime sleep in healthy human adults and seems to play critical roles in a variety of …

The memory function of sleep

S Diekelmann, J Born - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
Sleep has been identified as a state that optimizes the consolidation of newly acquired
information in memory, depending on the specific conditions of learning and the timing of …

The function of the sleep spindle: a physiological index of intelligence and a mechanism for sleep-dependent memory consolidation

SM Fogel, CT Smith - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Until recently, the electrophysiological mechanisms involved in strengthening new
memories into a more permanent form during sleep have been largely unknown. The sleep …

The whats and whens of sleep-dependent memory consolidation

S Diekelmann, I Wilhelm, J Born - Sleep medicine reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Sleep benefits memory consolidation. The reviewed studies indicate that this consolidating
effect is not revealed under all circumstances but is linked to specific psychological …

Differential effects of non-REM and REM sleep on memory consolidation?

S Ackermann, B Rasch - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2014 - Springer
Sleep benefits memory consolidation. Previous theoretical accounts have proposed a
differential role of slow-wave sleep (SWS), rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, and stage N2 …

Sleeping on the motor engram: the multifaceted nature of sleep-related motor memory consolidation

BR King, K Hoedlmoser, F Hirschauer, N Dolfen… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
For the past two decades, it has generally been accepted that sleep benefits motor memory
consolidation processes. This notion, however, has been challenged by recent studies and …

The contribution of sleep to hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation

L Marshall, J Born - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2007 - cell.com
There is now compelling evidence that sleep promotes the long-term consolidation of
declarative and procedural memories. Behavioral studies suggest that sleep preferentially …