scholarly journals Local Targeted Memory Reactivation in Human Sleep

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella Bar ◽  
Anat Arzi ◽  
Ofer Perl ◽  
Ethan Livne ◽  
Noam Sobel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slow Wave ◽  
Visual Fields ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Functional Neuroanatomy ◽  
Memory Reactivation ◽  
Odor Cues ◽  
Human Sleep ◽  
Global Action ◽  
Local Sleep

AbstractMemory consolidation can be promoted via Targeted Memory Reactivation (TMR) that re-presents training cues or context during sleep. Whether TMR acts locally or globally on cortical sleep oscillations remains unknown. Here we exploit the unique functional neuroanatomy of olfaction with its ipsilateral stimulus processing to perform local TMR in one brain hemisphere. Participants learned associations between words and locations in left or right visual fields with contextual odor throughout. During post-learning naps, odors were presented to one nostril throughout NREM sleep. We found improved memory for specific words processed in the cued hemisphere (ipsilateral to stimulated nostril). Unilateral odor cues locally modulated slow wave activity (SWA) such that regional SWA increase in the cued hemisphere negatively correlated with select memories for cued words. Moreover, local TMR improved slow wave-spindle coupling specifically in the cued hemisphere. Thus, TMR in human sleep transcends global action by selectively promoting specific memories associated with local sleep oscillations.

Slow Wave Activity Related to Working Memory Maintenance in the N-Back Task

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kira Bailey ◽  
Gregory Mlynarczyk ◽  
Robert West
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Slow Wave ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity ◽  
Response Accuracy ◽  
Functional Neuroanatomy ◽  
Stimulus Interval ◽  
Back Task

Abstract. Working memory supports our ability to maintain goal-relevant information that guides cognition in the face of distraction or competing tasks. The N-back task has been widely used in cognitive neuroscience to examine the functional neuroanatomy of working memory. Fewer studies have capitalized on the temporal resolution of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to examine the time course of neural activity in the N-back task. The primary goal of the current study was to characterize slow wave activity observed in the response-to-stimulus interval in the N-back task that may be related to maintenance of information between trials in the task. In three experiments, we examined the effects of N-back load, interference, and response accuracy on the amplitude of the P3b following stimulus onset and slow wave activity elicited in the response-to-stimulus interval. Consistent with previous research, the amplitude of the P3b decreased as N-back load increased. Slow wave activity over the frontal and posterior regions of the scalp was sensitive to N-back load and was insensitive to interference or response accuracy. Together these findings lead to the suggestion that slow wave activity observed in the response-to-stimulus interval is related to the maintenance of information between trials in the 1-back task.

K-complexes and slow wave activity during nrem sleep in patients with Alzheimer's disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. e115-e116
Author(s):  
M. Gorgoni ◽  
F. Reda ◽  
G. Lauri ◽  
I. Truglia ◽  
S. Cordone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Slow Wave ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity

146 Better Aerobic Fitness Is Associated with Distinct Sleep Characteristics in Adolescents

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A60-A60
Author(s):  
Ariel Neikrug ◽  
Shlomit Radom-Aizik ◽  
Ivy Chen ◽  
Annamarie Stehli ◽  
Kitty Lui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movement ◽  
Slow Wave ◽  
Aerobic Fitness ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Brain Maturation ◽  
Rapid Eye Movement ◽  
Sleep Spindle ◽  
Sleep Patterns ◽  
Peak Vo2 ◽  
Local Sleep

Abstract Introduction Aerobic fitness facilitates brain synaptic plasticity, which influences global and local sleep expression. While it is known that sleep patterns/behavior and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep slow wave activity (SWA) tracks brain maturation, little is known about how aerobic fitness and sleep interact during development in youth. The aim of this pilot was to characterize relationships among aerobic fitness, measures of global/local sleep expression, and habitual sleep patterns in children and adolescents. We hypothesized that greater aerobic fitness would be associated with better sleep quality, indicated by increased SWA. Methods 20 adolescents (mean age=14.6±2.3 years old, range 11-17, 11 females) were evaluated for AF (peak VO2 assessed by ramp-type progressive cycle ergometry in the laboratory), habitual sleep duration and efficiency (continuous 7-14 day actigraphy with sleep diary), and topographic patterns of spectral power in slow wave, theta, and sleep spindle frequency ranges in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep using overnight polysomnography with high-density electroencephalography (hdEEG, 128 channels). Results Significant relationships were observed between peak VO2 and habitual bedtime (r=-0.604, p=0.013) and wake-up time (r=-0.644, p=0.007), with greater fitness associated with an earlier sleep schedule (going to bed and waking up earlier). Peak VO2 was a significant predictor of slow oscillations (0.5-1Hz, p=0.018) and theta activity (4.5-7.5Hz, p=0.002) over anterior frontal and central derivations (p<0.001 and p=0.001, respectively) after adjusting for sex and pubertal development stage. Similar associations were detected for fast sleep spindle activity (13-16Hz, p=0.006), which was greater over temporo-parietal derivations. Conclusion Greater AF was associated with earlier habitual sleep times and with enhanced expression of developmentally-relevant sleep oscillations during NREM sleep. These data suggest that AF may 1) minimize the behavioral sleep delay commonly seen during adolescence, and 2) impact topographically-specific features of sleep physiology known to mechanistically support neuroplasticity and cognitive processes which are dependent on prefrontal cortex and hippocampal function in adolescents and adults. Support (if any) NCATS grant #UL1TR001414 & PERC Systems Biology Fund

scholarly journals Dynamics of Slow-Wave Activity During the NREM Sleep of Sleepwalkers and Control Subjects

SLEEP ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Gaudreau ◽  
Steve Joncas ◽  
Antonio Zadra ◽  
Jacques Montplaisir
Keyword(s):  
Slow Wave ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Age-related changes in slow wave activity rise time and NREM sleep EEG with and without zolpidem in healthy young and older adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1037-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan D. Chinoy ◽  
Danielle J. Frey ◽  
Daniel N. Kaslovsky ◽  
Francois G. Meyer ◽  
Kenneth P. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Slow Wave ◽  
Rise Time ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity ◽  
Sleep Eeg ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Age Related Changes

scholarly journals Relationship of sleep homeostasis to seizures and cognition in children with focal epilepsy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria H Eriksson ◽  
Torsten Baldeweg ◽  
Ronit Pressler ◽  
Stewart G Boyd ◽  
Reto Huber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slow Wave ◽  
Focal Epilepsy ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity ◽  
Iq Testing ◽  
Sleep Homeostasis ◽  
Interictal Discharges ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractObjectiveSleep disruption and cognitive impairment are important co-morbidities in childhood epilepsy, yet a mechanistic link has not been substantiated. Slow wave activity during sleep and its homeostatic decrease across the night is associated with synaptic renormalisation, and shows maturational changes over the course of childhood. Here, we aimed to investigate the effect of epilepsy on sleep homeostasis in the developing brain.MethodsWe examined the relationship of sleep homeostasis as reflected in slow wave activity to seizures, cognition and behaviour, comparing 22 children (aged 6 to 16 years) with focal epilepsy to 21 age-matched healthy controls. Participants underwent overnight sleep EEG and IQ testing and performed memory consolidation tasks. Their parents completed standard behavioural questionnaires.ResultsChildren with epilepsy had lower slow wave activity at the start of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, though similar overnight decline and slow wave activity in the final hour of NREM sleep. Both groups displayed an antero-posterior shift in peak slow wave activity overnight, though individual patients showed persistent local increases at scalp locations matching those of focal interictal discharges. Patients who had seizures during their admission had lower early-night slow wave activity, the group without seizures showing similar activity to controls. We found a positive correlation between full scale IQ and early-night slow wave activity in patients but not controls.InterpretationReduced early night slow wave activity in children with focal epilepsies is correlated with lower cognitive ability and more seizures and may reflect a reduction in learning-related synaptic potentiation.

Deep sleep after social stress: NREM sleep slow-wave activity is enhanced in both winners and losers of a conflict

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanine Kamphuis ◽  
Marike Lancel ◽  
Jaap M. Koolhaas ◽  
Peter Meerlo
Keyword(s):  
Slow Wave ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity ◽  
Deep Sleep

scholarly journals EEG sigma and slow-wave activity during NREM sleep correlate with overnight declarative and procedural memory consolidation

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 612-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHANNES HOLZ ◽  
HANNAH PIOSCZYK ◽  
BERND FEIGE ◽  
KAI SPIEGELHALDER ◽  
CHIARA BAGLIONI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slow Wave ◽  
Memory Consolidation ◽  
Nrem Sleep ◽  
Procedural Memory ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Slow Wave Activity
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