Rapid eye movement sleep: keystone of memory formation

katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:52:18 +0000

By Bruno Geoffroy

For decades, scientists have fiercely debated whether rapid eye movement (REM) sleep – the phase where dreams appear – is directly involved in memory formation.

Now, a study published in Science by researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (�鶹��ý��վ) and the University of Bern provides evidence that REM sleep does, indeed, play this role – at least in mice.

Sylvain Williams

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000