The hypothesis that sleep participates in the consolidation of recent memory traces has
been investigated using four main paradigms:(1) effects of post-training sleep deprivation on …

Neuroscientists have long recognized the importance of understanding the underlying
principles of information processing by large populations of neurons. Methods for Neural …

The drug ketamine has been extensively studied due to its use in anaesthesia, as a model of
psychosis and, most recently, its antidepressant properties. Understanding the physiology of …

A computer-based sleep scoring algorithm was devised for the real time scoring of sleep–
wake state in Wistar rats. Electroencephalogram (EEG) amplitude (μVrms) was measured in …

Classic visual sleep stage scoring is based on electroencephalogram (EEG) frequency band
analysis of 30 s epochs and is commonly performed by highly trained medical sleep …

Fruits of Fructus Schisandrae have been used as medicine for the treatment for insomnia in
traditional Chinese medicine. In the present research, the sedative and hypnotic activities of …

What processes are involved in the formation of enduring memory traces? Sleep has been
proposed to play a role in memory consolidation and the present study provides evidence to …

Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a neurodevelopmental disorder with autistic features, is caused
by the loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein. Sex-specific differences in the clinical …

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an efficient solvent for water-insoluble compounds, widely
used in biological studies and as a vehicle for drug therapy, but few data on its neurotoxic or …

An acute stressor can cause sleep disruptions. Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the
major tools to measure sleep. In rats, sleep stages are classified as rapid-eye movement …