/channels/news_feeds/all/term/CIUSSS%20de%20l%E2%80%99Ouest-de-l%E2%80%99%C3%8Ele-de-Montr%C3%A9al/rss en /channels/news/rapid-eye-movement-sleep-keystone-memory-formation-260845 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><strong>By Bruno Geoffroy </strong></em></p> <p>For decades, scientists have fiercely debated whether rapid eye movement (REM) sleep – the phase where dreams appear – is directly involved in memory formation.</p> <p><span>Now, a study published in Science by researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (91ºÚÁÏÍø) and the University of Bern provides evidence that REM sleep does, indeed, play this role – at least in mice.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/tired_woman.jpg?itok=Xgq_bi0A" width="160" height="200" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 13 May 2016 15:52:22 +0000 webfull 118805 at /channels