Sleep spindles: mechanisms and functions

LMJ Fernandez, A Lüthi - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

[HTML][HTML] About sleep's role in memory

B Rasch, J Born - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Over more than a century of research has established the fact that sleep benefits the
retention of memory. In this review we aim to comprehensively cover the field of “sleep and …

[HTML][HTML] Memory consolidation is linked to spindle-mediated information processing during sleep

SA Cairney, N El Marj, BP Staresina - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
How are brief encounters transformed into lasting memories? Previous research has
established the role of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, along with its …

Memory consolidation as an adaptive process

ET Cowan, AC Schapiro, JE Dunsmoor… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2021 - Springer
We rely on our long-term memories to guide future behaviors, making it adaptive to prioritize
the retention of goal-relevant, salient information in memory. In this review, we discuss …

EEG-neurofeedback for optimising performance. I: A review of cognitive and affective outcome in healthy participants

JH Gruzelier - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
A re-emergence of research on EEG-neurofeedback followed controlled evidence of clinical
benefits and validation of cognitive/affective gains in healthy participants including …

The memory function of sleep

S Diekelmann, J Born - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
Sleep has been identified as a state that optimizes the consolidation of newly acquired
information in memory, depending on the specific conditions of learning and the timing of …

The hyperarousal model of insomnia: a review of the concept and its evidence

D Riemann, K Spiegelhalder, B Feige… - Sleep medicine …, 2010 - Elsevier
Primary insomnia is defined as difficulties in falling asleep, maintaining sleep or non-
restorative sleep accompanied by significantly impaired daytime functioning in the absence …

The function of the sleep spindle: a physiological index of intelligence and a mechanism for sleep-dependent memory consolidation

SM Fogel, CT Smith - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Until recently, the electrophysiological mechanisms involved in strengthening new
memories into a more permanent form during sleep have been largely unknown. The sleep …

Fast and slow spindles during the sleep slow oscillation: disparate coalescence and engagement in memory processing

M Mölle, TO Bergmann, L Marshall, J Born - Sleep, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Thalamo-cortical spindles driven by the up-state of neocortical
slow (< 1 Hz) oscillations (SOs) represent a candidate mechanism of memory consolidation …

Sleep-dependent memory consolidation

R Stickgold - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The concept of 'sleeping on a problem'is familiar to most of us. But with myriad stages of
sleep, forms of memory and processes of memory encoding and consolidation, sorting out …