Young Neurons Tickle Memory during REM Sleep

Christelle Peyron; Claire Rampon

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.018

Young Neurons Tickle Memory during REM Sleep

Neuron. 2020 Aug 5;107(3):397-398. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.018.

Authors

Christelle Peyron¹, Claire Rampon²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Research in Neuroscience of Lyon (CRNL), CNRS UMR 5292, INSERM U1028, University of Lyon, 69375 Lyon, France.
² Research Center on Animal Cognition (CRCA), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), CNRS - University of Toulouse; CNRS, UPS, 31067 Toulouse, France. Electronic address: claire.rampon@univ-tlse3.fr.

PMID: 32758443
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.018

Abstract

Memory formation is a dynamic process and sleep is part of it. Consolidation of memories relies on finely orchestrated brain activities occurring during the post-learning sleep period. In this issue of Neuron, Kumar and colleagues provide evidence that the activity of adult-born hippocampal neurons during REM sleep is critical for the consolidation of episodic memory.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Hippocampus
Memory Consolidation*
Neurons
Sleep
Sleep, REM