Influencing brain rhythms to promote memory

The aim of this project is to develop a better understanding of how brain stimulation promotes the reactivation of memory. The aim of the project will be realised through comparable and complementary experiments. Sensory (auditory) and weak electrical exogenous stimulation methods (transcranial electrical stimulation) will be used to modulate sleep-dependent declarative memory functions. Specifically, the contribution of specific neuronal pathways in the thalamo-cortico-hippocampal network is determined in various experiments. Macroscopic neural mass models of cortical slow oscillation, thalamic spindle oscillations and hippocampal sharp-wave ripple events will be developed and/or refined based on experimental results.