Rotating waves during human sleep spindles organize global patterns of activity that repeat precisely through the night
During sleep, the thalamus generates a characteristic pattern of transient, 11-15 Hz sleep spindle oscillations, which synchronize the cortex through large-scale thalamocortical loops. Spindles have been increasingly demonstrated to be critical for sleep-dependent consolidation of memory, but the sp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2016-11-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/17267 |