Age-related differences in sleep-dependent consolidation of motor skills in patients with narcolepsy type 1

• Published in: Sleep medicine Vol. 24; pp. 80 - 86
• Main Authors: Mazzetti, M, Bellucci, C, Cipolli, C, Pizza, F, Russo, P.M, Tuozzi, G, Vandi, S, Plazzi, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age at NT1 diagnosis; Child; Daytime and nighttime sleep; Female; Finger tapping task; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Motor skills; Motor Skills - physiology; Narcolepsy - physiopathology; Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1); Neurology; Polysomnography; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Sleep - physiology; Sleep Medicine; Sleep-dependent consolidation; Time Factors; sleep-dependent consolidation; daytime and nighttime sleep motor skills; Finger Tapping Task; narcolepsy type 1 (NT1); age at NT1 diagnosis; Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1); Daytime and nighttime sleep; Finger tapping task; Age at NT1 diagnosis; Sleep-dependent consolidation; Motor skills
• ISSN: 1389-9457; 1878-5506
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.06.015

Highlights • The acquisition of motor skills involved in Finger Tapping Task (FTT) is lower in narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) children compared with adults. • Performance speed at FTT is enhanced after training by daytime sleep in NT1 children and nighttime sleep in NT1 adults. • In more-improving children the improvement is correlated with both daytime and total Sleep Time (TST).