Neuroscientists from the University of California (USA) have found out how deep REM sleep contributes to the formation of long-term memories.
The main role in the formation of long-term memories played by the interaction between the electrical brain activity and the formation of synaptic connections between neurons, reports Lenta.ru
During sleep, the hippocampus is active -. area of the brain that is responsible for short-term memory into long-term transition. The hippocampus converts received during wakefulness episodic memories in the cortex of the brain, where they are converted to long-term.
According to neuroscientists, the hippocampus is responsible for the input signal, which comes into the bark, “writes” specific memories, causing their recurrence . All this strengthens the synaptic connections between neurons, which houses the memory of the events.
In addition, the quiet, quality sleep can restore cells of the central nervous system. It is a powerful prevention of many diseases, strengthen the immune system. During sleep is much faster the healing of wounds, burns, recoverable reserves of nerve cells, normalizes blood pressure, hormonal metabolism, stabilizes blood sugar.
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