Odor fear conditioning modifies piriform cortex local field potentials both during conditioning and during post-conditioning sleep.

Sleep plays an active role in memory consolidation. Sleep structure (REM/Slow wave activity [SWS]) can be modified after learning, and in some cortical circuits, sleep is associated with replay of the learned experience. While the majority of this work has focused on neocortical and hippocampal circ...

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Main Authors: Dylan C Barnes, Julie Chapuis, Dipesh Chaudhury, Donald A Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3063180?pdf=render