ReviewTrends in neurosciences2018
Slow-Wave Activity Enhancement to Improve Cognition.
Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.
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- Noradrenergic Slow Vasomotion: The Hidden Fluid Pump Linking Sleep, Brain Clearance, and Dementia Pathogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Slow-wave sleep in the TPJ is linked to individual differences in implicit bias.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Novel murine closed-loop auditory stimulation paradigm elicits macrostructural sleep benefits in neurodegeneration.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
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- Sleep fragmentation in critically ill children: a review of contributing factors in the pediatric intensive care unit and neurodevelopmental outcomes.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Review
- Chronic sleep deprivation disturbs energy balance modulated by suprachiasmatic nucleus efferents in mice.BMC biology · 2024Article
- Optogenetic targeting of cortical astrocytes selectively improves NREM sleep in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Emergent effects of synaptic connectivity on the dynamics of global and local slow waves in a large-scale thalamocortical network model of the human brain.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- The Complex Relationship between Sleep and Cognitive Reserve: A Narrative Review Based on Human Studies.Brain sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
Slow-wave activity (SWA), and its coupling with other sleep features, reorganizes cortical circuitry, supporting cognition. This raises the question: can cognition be improved through SWA enhancement? SWA enhancement techniques range from behavioral interventions (such as exercise), which have high feasibility but low specificity, to laboratory-based techniques (such as transcranial stimulation), which have high specificity but are less feasible for widespread use. In this review we describe the pathways through which SWA is enhanced. Pathways encompass enhanced neural activity, increased energy metabolism, and endocrine signaling during wakefulness; also direct enhancement during sleep. We evaluate the robustness and practicality of SWA-enhancement techniques, discuss approaches for determining a causal role of SWA on cognition, and present questions to clarify the mechanisms of SWA-dependent cognitive improvements.
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