The Roles of Cortical Slow Waves in Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Consolidation

Sleep plays important roles in sensory and motor memory consolidation. Sleep oscillations, reflecting neural population activity, involve the reactivation of learning-related neurons and regulate synaptic strength and, thereby affect memory consolidation. Among sleep oscillations, slow waves (0.5–4...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Miyamoto, Daichi Hirai, Masanori Murayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2017.00092/full