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Sleep to Remember

Born, Jan, Rasch, Björn, Gais, Steffen·2006·The Neuroscientist

Abstract

Recently, compelling evidence has accumulated that links sleep to learning and memory. Sleep has been identified as a state that optimizes the consolidation of newly acquired information in memory. Consolidation is an active process that is presumed to rely on the covert reactivation and reorganization of newly encoded representations. Hippocampus-dependent memories benefit primarily from slow-wave sleep (SWS), whereas memories not depending on the hippocampus show greater gains over periods containing high amounts of rapid eye movement sleep. One way sleep does this is by establishing different patterns of neurotransmitters and neurohormone secretion between sleep stages. Another central role for consolidating memories is played by the slow oscillation, that is, the oscillating field potential change dominating SWS. The emergence of slow oscillations in neocortical networks depends on the prior use of these networks for encoding of information. Via efferent pathways, they synchronize the occurrence of sharp wave ripples accompanying memory reactivations in the hippocampus with thalamocortical spindle activity. Thus, hippocampal memories are fed back into neocortical networks at a time when these networks are depolarized and, because of concurrent spindle activity, can most sensitively react to these inputs with plastic changes underlying the formation of long-term memory representations.

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  • Studies using the night-half paradigm have provided substantial evidence for the dual processes hypothesis: hippocampus-dependent declarative memories preferentially profit from SWS, whereas nondeclarative aspects of memory (procedural, implicit, emotional) additionally profit from REM sleep.

    “Overall, studies using the night-half paradigm have provided substantial evidence for the dual processes hypothesis, such as hippocampus-dependent declarative memories preferentially profiting from SWS, whereas nondeclarative aspects of memory, such as procedural, implicit, and emotional, additionally profiting from REM sleep (121, 428).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [121]

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Authors
Born, J., Rasch, B., & Gais, S.
Affiliations
University of Lübeck (DE)
Venue
The Neuroscientist
Published
2006-10
Volume
12
Issue
5
Pages
410-424
ISSN
  • 1073-8584 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-4098
OpenAlex
W2168645178
Cited by
557
References
29
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Neuroscientist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
sleep-dependent memory consolidation, slow-wave sleep, REM sleep, hippocampal-dependent memory, slow oscillations, sharp-wave ripples, sleep spindles, thalamocortical oscillations, memory reactivation, long-term memory formation, neurotransmitter release
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Humans, Learning, Memory, Sleep

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