Janna D. Lendner

Aug 25, 2023 | science.org | Yun Zhu |Hideaki Yamamoto |David Elser |Janna D. Lendner

Research ArticleCOGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE INTRODUCTIONContemporary theories of sleep function proposed that the overnight regulation of excitability constitutes a physiologic mechanism underlying neural network plasticity, facilitating memory consolidation during sleep (1–4). In vivo animal studies have revealed that wakefulness and learning lead to a progressive excitability increase (2, 5, 6).