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Of sleep, memories and trauma

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Contrary to the synaptic homeostasis theory, new work finds that reactivating memories during slow-wave sleep enhances learning and hippocampal activation. This may be useful for treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Figure 1: Sleep-related memory processing.

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