Sleep—A brain-state serving systems memory consolidation

S Brodt, M Inostroza, N Niethard, J Born - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Although long-term memory consolidation is supported by sleep, it is unclear how it differs
from that during wakefulness. Our review, focusing on recent advances in the field, identifies …

Offline memory consolidation during waking rest

EJ Wamsley - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
People spend approximately half of their waking hours in a so-called offline state—
daydreaming, mind wandering or otherwise inattentive to their surroundings. These activities …

How coupled slow oscillations, spindles and ripples coordinate neuronal processing and communication during human sleep

BP Staresina, J Niediek, V Borger, R Surges… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Learning and plasticity rely on fine-tuned regulation of neuronal circuits during offline
periods. An unresolved puzzle is how the slee** brain, in the absence of external …

Human REM sleep recalibrates neural activity in support of memory formation

JD Lendner, N Niethard, BA Mander… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The proposed mechanisms of sleep-dependent memory consolidation involve the overnight
regulation of neural activity at both synaptic and whole-network levels. Now, there is a lack …

Endogenous memory reactivation during sleep in humans is clocked by slow oscillation-spindle complexes

T Schreiner, M Petzka, T Staudigl… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Sleep is thought to support memory consolidation via reactivation of prior experiences, with
particular electrophysiological sleep signatures (slow oscillations (SOs) and sleep spindles) …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep fMRI with simultaneous electrophysiology at 9.4 T in male mice

Y Yu, Y Qiu, G Li, K Zhang, B Bo, M Pei, J Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sleep is ubiquitous and essential, but its mechanisms remain unclear. Studies in animals
and humans have provided insights of sleep at vastly different spatiotemporal scales …

Coordinated human slee** brainwaves map peripheral body glucose homeostasis

R Vallat, VD Shah, MP Walker - Cell Reports Medicine, 2023 - cell.com
Insufficient sleep impairs glucose regulation, increasing the risk of diabetes. However, what
it is about the human slee** brain that regulates blood sugar remains unknown. In an …

Coupled sleep rhythms for memory consolidation

BP Staresina - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
How do passing moments turn into lasting memories? Sheltered from external tasks and
distractions, sleep constitutes an optimal state for the brain to reprocess and consolidate …

Cell-type-specific dynamics of calcium activity in cortical circuits over the course of slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep

N Niethard, S Brodt, J Born - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Sleep shapes cortical network activity, fostering global homeostatic downregulation of
excitability while maintaining or even upregulating excitability in selected networks in a …

Alterations of sleep oscillations in Alzheimer's disease: a potential role for GABAergic neurons in the cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus

F Katsuki, D Gerashchenko, RE Brown - Brain research bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Sleep abnormalities are widely reported in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are
linked to cognitive impairments. Sleep abnormalities could be potential biomarkers to detect …