Human fMRI experiments reveal differences in the propagation of spontaneous brain activity during sleep versus wakefulness.

Reactivating brain activity patterns during sleep enhances memory performance the next day.

Odor cues in sleep evoke content-specific signatures of neural reactivation in visual and prefrontal brain areas that predict subsequent memory performance in the wake state.

Rostral and central striatum controls slow-wave sleep during active phase in mice.

During quiet wakefulness but not slow wave sleep, reward modulated VTA neurons coordinate selectively with hippocampal replay sequences and are biased in their timing towards the reactivated representation of reward locations.

Research into light-gated ion channels called channelrhodospins laid the foundations for the development of optogenetics, a technique that has gone on to revolutionize neuroscience.

A combination of old and new techniques have been used to reveal new details about the behavior of individual neurons across the sleep-wake-cycle.

Recent advances in technology now make it possible to carry out biomedical research on animals living in the wild, or captive animals living in naturalistic conditions.

Following a year of public engagement activities associated with the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Alison Woollard explains why scientists need to communicate with the public.