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SUBMITTER: Eckert MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747649 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eckert Michael J MJ Iyer Kartik K Euston David R DR Tatsuno Masami M
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) 20201215 1
Neocortical sleep spindles have been shown to occur more frequently following a memory task, suggesting that a method to increase spindle activity could improve memory processing. Stimulation of the neocortex can elicit a slow oscillation (SO) and a spindle, but the feasibility of this method to boost SO and spindles over time has not been tested. In rats with implanted neocortical electrodes, stimulation during slow wave sleep significantly increased SO and spindle rates compared to control res ...[more]