Physiological role of respiration and sleep in memory improvement
Date
2018-05-16
Authors
Hady Shibli
Wael Hassan Daajeh
Ali Hamzeh
Journal Title
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Publisher
Харківський національний медичний університет
Abstract
According to the recent scientific data nasal respiration as well as deep night sleep may significantly aid memory improvement. Effectiveness of nasal respiration is grounded on entraining of olfactory system, limbic system and salience areas of the cortex into memory formation. REM phase of deep sleep plays essential role in consolidation of short- and long-term memories in the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe.
Description
Memory plays an essential role in all aspects of human life, regulating the wide range of activities from simple motor skills to self-identification of human beings and their complex social behavior. A person, who has disturbance of memory, faces an enormous difficulty in communication to a degree of isolation from the surrounding. Physiological mechanisms of memory formation and cognition as well as methods of nonpharmacological memory improvement are in the focus of recent biological and medical investigations.
The aim of our research was to analyze the physiological role of respiration and sleep in memory formation and their efficiency for cognitive functions improvement.
Keywords
respiration, sleep, memory
Citation
Shibli H. Physiological role of respiration and sleep in memory improvement / H. Shibli, W. H. Daajeh, A. Hamzeh // Фізіологія – медицині, фармації та педагогіці: актуальні проблеми та сучасні досягнення : V Всеукраїнська наукова конференція студентів та молодих вчених з фізіології з міжнародною участю, Харків, 16 травня 2018 р. / ред. колегія: Д. І. Маракушин [та ін.]. – Харків, 2018. – С. 17.