Memory-relevant nap sleep physiology in healthy and pathological aging

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 44; no. 7; p. 1
• Main Authors: Ladenbauer, Julia, Ladenbauer, Josef, Külzow, Nadine, Flöel, Agnes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Educational evaluation; Health aspects; Humans; Memory; Memory Consolidation; Older people; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Sleep; Young Adult; Germany; sleep; mild cognitive impairment; aging; phase-amplitude coupling; memory consolidation

Abstract Study Objectives Aging is associated with detrimental changes in sleep physiology, a process accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease. Fine-tuned temporal interactions of non-rapid eye movement slow oscillations and spindles were shown to be particularly important for memory consolidation, and to...