Effect of interictal epileptic spikes on sleep spindles in medial temporal regions during NREM sleep: are there consequences on memory long-term consolidation? A SEEG study

Introduction: Encoding and storage of declarative memory (episodic and semantic memory) depend on hippocampus during early stages of memory consolidation. Later (days, weeks, years), memories are progressively transferred to neocortical regions for long-term memory consolidation.

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