ReviewBrain sciences2020
Boosting Slow Oscillations during Sleep to Improve Memory Function in Elderly People: A Review of the Literature.
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- Pathological respiratory chemoreflex activation predicts improvement of neurocognitive function in response to continuous positive airway pressure therapy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Slow wave activity disruptions and memory impairments in a mouse model of aging.Neurobiology of aging · 2024Article
- Single closed-loop acoustic stimulation targeting memory consolidation suppressed hippocampal ripple and thalamo-cortical spindle activity in mice.The European journal of neuroscience · 2024Article
- Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in young and aged brains.Aging brain · 2024Article
- Down-phase auditory stimulation is not able to counteract pharmacologically or physiologically increased sleep depth in traumatic brain injury rats.Journal of sleep research · 2022Article
- Large-scale waves of activity in the neonatal mouse brain in vivo occur almost exclusively during sleep cycles.Developmental neurobiology · 2022Article
- The Portiloop: A deep learning-based open science tool for closed-loop brain stimulation.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Regional EEG Pattern of the Sleep Onset Process in Older Adults.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Real-Time Excitation of Slow Oscillations during Deep Sleep Using Acoustic Stimulation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sleep-Based Interventions in Alzheimer's Disease: Promising Approaches from Prevention to Treatment along the Disease Trajectory.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Aberrant waste disposal in neurodegeneration: why improved sleep could be the solution.Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior · 2021Review
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Abstract
Sleep represents a crucial time window for the consolidation of memory traces. In this view, some brain rhythms play a pivotal role, first of all the sleep slow waves. In particular, the neocortical slow oscillations (SOs), in coordination with the hippocampal ripples and the thalamocortical spindles, support the long-term storage of the declarative memories. The aging brain is characterized by a disruption of this complex system with outcomes on the related cognitive functions. In recent years, the advancement of the comprehension of the sleep-dependent memory consolidation mechanisms has encouraged the development of techniques of SO enhancement during sleep to induce cognitive benefits. In this review, we focused on the studies reporting on the application of acoustic or electric stimulation procedures in order to improve sleep-dependent memory consolidation in older subjects. Although the current literature is limited and presents inconsistencies, there is promising evidence supporting the perspective to non-invasively manipulate the sleeping brain electrophysiology to improve cognition in the elderly, also shedding light on the mechanisms underlying the sleep-memory relations during healthy and pathological aging.
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