Neural interaction in silence: Neurophysiologists study widespread networks of neurons responsible for memory

While in deep dreamless sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to long-term memory. But how exactly is this done? Scientists have now developed a novel multimodal methodology called “neural event-triggered functional magnetic resonance imaging” and presented the very first results obtained using it in experiments with both anesthetized and awake, behaving monkeys.

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