Targeted steerable transcranial intervention to accelerate memory consolidation

Abstract

Described is a system to accelerate memory consolidation using a steerable transcranial intervention. During operation, the system generates a unique transcranial and steerable stimulation tag to associate with memory of a task or event. Once the tag is generated, the system activates a plurality of electrodes (e.g., as few as four) to apply the unique transcranial stimulation tag during the occurrence of the event or task to be consolidated.

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[0001] Government rights [0002] The present invention was made under the support of the US government, and the US government contract number is W911NF-16-C-0018, DARPA RAM Replay. The government has certain rights in this invention. [0003] Cross references to related applications [0004] This application is a partial continuation application of U.S. Application No. 15 / 332,787 filed on October 24, 2016. U.S. Application No. 15 / 332,787 is a non-provisional U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 245,730 filed on October 23, 2015. Application, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. [0005] This application is also a partial continuation application of U.S. Application No. 15 / 227,922 filed on August 3, 2016. U.S. Application No. 15 / 227,922 was filed on August 27, 2015 and entitled "Method to Enhance Specific Memories with tCS During Slow" -Wave Sleep" is a non-provisional application of US provisional patent application No. 62 / 210,907, and US application No....

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Problems solved by technology

Another shortcoming of existing technology is that in order to create the same STAMP pattern when a particular memory is learned, and then recreate that same pattern each subsequent night for consolidation during sleep, all bulky electrodes must be precisely Applied at the same location and have exactly the same conductivity characteristics

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