Sleep—a brain-state serving systems memory consolidation

S Brodt, M Inostroza, N Niethard, J Born - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Although long-term memory consolidation is supported by sleep, it is unclear how it differs
from that during wakefulness. Our review, focusing on recent advances in the field, identifies …

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 …

Memory-enhancing properties of sleep depend on the oscillatory amplitude of norepinephrine

C Kjaerby, M Andersen, N Hauglund, V Untiet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sleep has a complex micro-architecture, encompassing micro-arousals, sleep spindles and
transitions between sleep stages. Fragmented sleep impairs memory consolidation …

The National Sleep Research Resource: towards a sleep data commons

GQ Zhang, L Cui, R Mueller, S Tao… - Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective The gold standard for diagnosing sleep disorders is polysomnography, which
generates extensive data about biophysical changes occurring during sleep. We developed …

Uncovering the structure of clinical EEG signals with self-supervised learning

H Banville, O Chehab, A Hyvärinen… - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Supervised learning paradigms are often limited by the amount of labeled data
that is available. This phenomenon is particularly problematic in clinically-relevant data …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives on ethnic and racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: update and areas of immediate need

GM Babulal, YT Quiroz, BC Albensi… - Alzheimer's & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs) are a global crisis facing the aging
population and society as a whole. With the numbers of people with ADRDs predicted to rise …

Distinct subnetworks of the thalamic reticular nucleus

Y Li, VG Lopez-Huerta, X Adiconis, K Levandowski… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), the major source of thalamic inhibition, regulates
thalamocortical interactions that are critical for sensory processing, attention and cognition 1 …

Oscillating circuitries in the sleeping brain

AR Adamantidis, C Gutierrez Herrera… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Brain activity during sleep is characterized by circuit-specific oscillations, including slow
waves, spindles and theta waves, which are nested in thalamocortical or hippocampal …

Slow oscillation-spindle coupling predicts enhanced memory formation from childhood to adolescence

MA Hahn, D Heib, M Schabus, K Hoedlmoser… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Precise temporal coordination of slow oscillations (SO) and sleep spindles is a fundamental
mechanism of sleep-dependent memory consolidation. SO and spindle morphology …

Memory and sleep: how sleep cognition can change the waking mind for the better

KA Paller, JD Creery… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The memories that we retain can serve many functions. They guide our future actions, form a
scaffold for constructing the self, and continue to shape both the self and the way we …