Sleep's Dual Role in Memory Processing (IMAGE)

University of Toyama

Sleep's Dual Role in Memory Processing

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Through behavioral experiments in mice coupled with advanced neuronal imaging, researchers found how sleep helps consolidate past experiences in engram cells and prepare engram-to-be cells to store future experiences.

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Kaoru Inokuchi from the University of Toyama, Japan

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