Journal of Experimental & Clinical Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 156-164 , August 2010

Comparing Models of Sleep-dependent Memory Consolidation

  • Sara C. Mednick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry 9116a, University of California, San Diego, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92116, USA
    • ,
  • William A. Alaynick

      Affiliations

    • ScholarNexus, LLC, San Diego, California, USA

Received 5 March 2010 ,Revised 25 April 2010 ,Accepted 2 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/S1878-3317(10)60025-3

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 156-164 , August 2010

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