Although the function of sleep remains elusive, there is compelling evidence to suggest that
sleep plays an important role in learning and memory. A number of studies have now shown …

The discovery of spontaneous neuronal replacement in the adult vertebrate brain has
changed the way in which we think about the biology of memory. This is because neuronal …

Slow oscillations during slow-wave sleep (SWS) may facilitate memory consolidation by
regulating interactions between hippocampal and cortical networks. Slow oscillations …

In mammals and birds, long episodes of nondreaming sleep (“slow-wave” sleep, SW) are
followed by short episodes of dreaming sleep (“rapid-eye-movement” sleep, REM). Both SW …

The idea that sleep might be involved in brain plasticity has been investigated for many
years through a large number of animal and human studies, but evidence remains …

In the zebra finch forebrain nucleus robustus archistriatalis (RA), neurons burst during
singing. We showed that the internal structure of spike bursts was regulated with a precision …

Speech has long been thought of as a uniquely defining characteristic of humans. Yet song
birds, like humans, communicate using learned signals (song, speech) that are acquired …

Understanding how populations of neurons encode information is the challenge faced by
researchers in the field of neural coding. Focusing on the many mysteries and marvels of the …

The notion that a good night of sleep improves memory is widely accepted by the general
public. Among sleep scientists, however, the idea has been hotly debated for decades. In …

Newly encoded memory traces are spontaneously reactivated during sleep. Since their
discovery in the 1990s, these memory reactivations have been discussed as a potential …