Flipping the switch: mechanisms that regulate memory consolidation

Highlights • Consolidation can be immediate or delayed; how this control is achieved is unclear. • A decrease in cortical excitability prevents, and thereby delays, memory consolidation. • Removing this physiological signal allows memory consolidation to occur immediately. • This inhibitory control...

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Published in:Trends in cognitive sciences 2014-12, Vol.18 (12), p.629-634
Main Authors: Breton, Jocelyn, Robertson, Edwin M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Learning - physiology
Learning. Memory
Memory
Memory - physiology
Motor Skills - physiology
Neurology
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reward
Sleep - physiology
Vigilance. Attention. Sleep
Wakefulness - physiology
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Summary:Highlights • Consolidation can be immediate or delayed; how this control is achieved is unclear. • A decrease in cortical excitability prevents, and thereby delays, memory consolidation. • Removing this physiological signal allows memory consolidation to occur immediately. • This inhibitory control limits memory capacity, requiring selective consolidation.
ISSN:1364-6613
1879-307X
DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2014.08.005