Sleep and memory: Rippling memories

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 17, 739 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.154 Author: Sian Lewis Transient, high-frequency hippocampal oscillations called sharp wave–ripples may be involved in the formation of memories that are later consolidated in the neocortex. Oscillations of ripple frequency (∼200 Hz) have been reported in the rodent neocortex during sleep but are not well understood. Here, the authors
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