title: Sleep-related memory consolidation in depression: an emerging field of research.
abstract: Sleep-related memory consolidation has received increasing attention in recent years. Because previous research has focused on healthy young adults, only very few studies have been conducted in patients with psychiatric disorders so far. The investigation of sleep-related memory consolidation in depression offers a wide range of future research opportunities and can therefore be regarded as an emerging field of research. This article gives a short overview of current knowledge of sleep-related memory consolidation in healthy young adults and builds a bridge to psychiatry and depression, where further research is urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany. orla.hornung@charite.de
authors.forename: Orla Patricia
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Hornung
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Regen
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Danker-Hopfe
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heuser
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anghelescu
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D009638:Norepinephrine