Interest in the modulation of slow wave activity (SWA) during non-rapid eye movement
(NREM) sleep is rapidly increasing because of the important role NREM sleep plays
in regulating neural plasticity and consolidating memories [
[1]
]. A growing number of studies support that transcranial electrical stimulation (tES)
is able to modulate SWA, and that these changes are associated with enhanced declarative
memory consolidation [
[2]
]. Notably, studies utilizing tES during sleep have thus far relied on conventional
sleep labs with trained sleep technicians to monitor electroencephalographic (EEG)
activity and accurately time activation of tES during specific sleep stages. An automated,
at-home closed-loop tES system could accelerate sleep-based tES research studies and
would enable longitudinal treatment trials. Here we report on our development of such
a system along with preliminary feasibility testing results.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 20, 2019
Accepted:
February 18,
2019
Received in revised form:
February 15,
2019
Received:
January 21,
2019
Footnotes
☆This research was conducted that the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO 80045, USA.
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