Travelling spindles create necessary conditions for spike-timing-dependent plasticity in humans

Sleep spindles during non-rapid eye movement are important for memory consolidation and require specific neuronal firing conditions in non-human mammals. Here, the authors show these conditions are present in humans, potentially facilitating spike-timing-dependent plasticity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Charles W. Dickey, Anna Sargsyan, Joseph R. Madsen, Emad N. Eskandar, Sydney S. Cash, Eric Halgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21298-x