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Published on: July 31, 2019
Spindle-slow oscillation coupling correlates with memory performance and connectivity changes in a hippocampal
Lisa Bastian1, Anumita Samanta1, Demetrius Ribeiro de Paula2
1Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
After experiences are encoded, post-encoding reactivations during sleep have been proposed to mediate long-term memory consolidation. Spindle-slow oscillation coupling during NREM sleep is a candidate mechanism through which a hippocampal-cortical dialogue may strengthen a newly formed memory engram. Here, we investigated the role of fast spindle- and slow spindle-slow oscillation coupling in the consolidation of spatial memory in humans with a virtual watermaze task involving allocentric and egocentric learning strategies. Furthermore, we analyzed how resting-state functional connectivity evolved across learning, consolidation, and retrieval of this task using a data-driven approach. Our results show task-related connectivity changes in the executive control network, the default mode network, and the hippocampal network at post-task rest. The hippocampal network could further be divided into two subnetworks of which only one showed modulation by sleep. Decreased functional connectivity in this subnetwork was associated with higher spindle-slow oscillation coupling power, which was also related to better memory performance at test. Overall, this study contributes to a more holistic understanding of the functional resting-state networks and the mechanisms during sleep associated to spatial memory consolidation.
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