Sofia Isabel Ribeiro Pereira

TL;DR: The notion that the beneficial effects of 17β-estradiol over spatial reference memory and depressive-like behavior are evident only when hormone therapy occurs at early ages and early stages of hormonal decline is supported.

TL;DR: The occurrence of a reciprocal involvement of 5-HT(1A) receptors activation and the hippocampal BDNF-increased expression mediated by fish oil supplementation is suggested, corroborate and expand the notion that supplementation with ω-3 PUFA produces antidepressant effects mediated by an increase in serotonergic neurotransmission, particularly in the hippocampus.

TL;DR: The findings suggest a causal role of neuronal replay in memory consolidation and provide evidence for the active system consolidation hypothesis, but the observed inconsistencies across studies suggest that further research is warranted regarding the underlying neural mechanisms and optimal conditions for the application of targeted memory reactivation.

TL;DR: The results indicate that sleep, even a nap, can potentiate the solution of problems that involve logical reasoning, suggesting that sleep's function seems to go beyond memory consolidation to include managing of everyday-life events.

TL;DR: Despite the lack of a significant effect on motor behavior, tactile stimulation induced changes in EEG features suggestive of a possible uncoupling between the sleep oscillations thought to underlie consolidation processes, i.e. slow oscillations and sleep spindles.