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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 (Ã山ǿ¼é) and the University of Bern provides evidence that REM sleep does, indeed, play this role – at least in mice.

Classified as: medicine, sleep, health, memory, Sylvain Williams, CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
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Published on: 13 May 2016

A study just published in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal by, Sylvain Williams, PhD, and his team, of the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and Ã山ǿ¼é, opens the door towards better understanding of the neural circuitry and dynamic mechanisms controlling memory as well of the role of an essential element of the hippocampus – a sub-region named the subiculum.

Classified as: brain, Alzheimer's, memory, Douglas Mental Health, hippocampus, Sylvain Williams
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Published on: 3 Sep 2014
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