EEG sigma and slow-wave activity during NREM sleep correlate with overnight declarative and procedural memory consolidation

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 612-619

  Holz, Johannes ^a   Piosczyk, Hannah ^a   Feige, Bernd ^a   Spiegelhalder, Kai ^a   Baglioni, Chiara ^a   Riemann, Dieter ^a   Nissen, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Memory consolidation; Sigma activity; Sleep; Sleep spindles; Slow wave activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; SIGMA RHYTHM; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870241909     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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