Reactivating Memories during Sleep by Odors: Odor Specificity and Associated Changes in Sleep Oscillations

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1806-1818

  Rihm, Julia S ^a   Diekelmann, Susanne ^b   Born, Jan ^b   Rasch, Björn ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d Zurich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research (ZiS)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; ODOR; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRUM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; SLEEP; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897538294     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00579     Document Type: Article

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