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  • 1Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives, UMR 7364, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Faculté de Psychologie Neuropôle de Strasbourg - GDR CNRS 2905, 12 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.

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Ascending reticular activating system (ARAS)Intralaminar nucleiMemoryNonspecific thalamusRapid eye movement (REM) sleepReuniens nucleusRhomboid nucleusSlow-wave sleep (SWS)Systems-level consolidationThalamocortical synchronyThalamus core and matrix

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