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Memory consolidation during sleep: A form of brain restitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Bhavin R. Sheth
Bhavin R. Sheth*
Affiliation:
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
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[email protected]
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Abstract

Does sleep restore brain function or does it consolidate memory? I argue that memory consolidation during sleep is an offshoot of restitution. Continual learning causes local synapse-specific neural fatigue, which then masks expression of that learning, especially on time-limited tests of procedural skills. Sleep serves to restore the fatigued synapses, revealing the consolidation-based enhancement observed as a “latent” overnight improvement in learning.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 81 - 82
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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