"Relationship between dreaming and memory reconsolidation" by Hongyi Zhao, Dandan Li et al.

Article Title

Relationship between dreaming and memory reconsolidation

Authors

Hongyi Zhao, Department of Neurology, The Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China Department of Neurology, NO. 984 Hospital of the PLA, Beijing 100094, China
Dandan Li, Department of Neurology, The Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China
Xiuzhen Li, Department of Neurology, NO. 984 Hospital of the PLA, Beijing 100094, China

Keywords

consolidation, dreaming, memory, reconsolidation, review

Abstract

Dreaming is a ubiquitous phenomenon in human beings and has been discussed, researched, and hypothesized since a long time. The substrate, physiological mechanism, and function of dreaming have been explained by many scientists from the neurological, psychiatric, psychological, and philosophical perspective. With the development of scientific technology, many theories of dreaming have been established. In the present review, we first summarize the different theories of dreaming; furthermore, we introduce memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Lastly, we propose that memory might be associated with memory reconsolidation and list the explanations.