Memory processing: the critical role of neuronal replay during sleep.
Patterns of neuronal activity present during learning in the hippocampus are replayed during sleep. A new study highlights the functional importance of this neurophysiological phenomenon by showing that neuronal replay is critical for memory processing over a night of sleep.
Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Jocelyn
J
Breton
Edwin M
EM
Robertson
D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*