Bidirectional relationship between sleep and Alzheimer's disease: role of amyloid, tau, and other factors

C Wang, DM Holtzman - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020 - nature.com
As we age, we experience changes in our nighttime sleep and daytime wakefulness.
Individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease (AD) can develop sleep problems even before …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in sleep-wake regulation: implications for aging and Alzheimer's disease

M Van Egroo, E Koshmanova, G Vandewalle… - Sleep medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Five decades ago, seminal studies positioned the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC)
norepinephrine (NE) system as a key substrate for the regulation of wakefulness and sleep …

Pharmacotherapies for sleep disturbances in dementia

J McCleery, AL Sharpley - Cochrane Database of Systematic …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Sleep disturbances, including reduced nocturnal sleep time, sleep
fragmentation, nocturnal wandering, and daytime sleepiness are common clinical problems …

Timely coupling of sleep spindles and slow waves linked to early amyloid-β burden and predicts memory decline

D Chylinski, M Van Egroo, J Narbutas, V Muto… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Sleep alteration is a hallmark of ageing and emerges as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease
(AD). While the fine-tuned coalescence of sleep microstructure elements may influence age …

[HTML][HTML] Neurostimulation techniques to enhance sleep and improve cognition in aging

D Grimaldi, NA Papalambros, PC Zee… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sleep plays a critical role in the process of memory consolidation. In particular, during non-
rapid eye movement (NREM) slow wave sleep, slow-oscillations, spindles, hippocampal …

[HTML][HTML] Proteostasis failure exacerbates neuronal circuit dysfunction and sleep impairments in Alzheimer's disease

CD Morrone, R Raghuraman, SA Hussaini… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Failed proteostasis is a well-documented feature of Alzheimer's disease, particularly,
reduced protein degradation and clearance. However, the contribution of failed proteostasis …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between locus coeruleus integrity and nocturnal awakenings in the context of Alzheimer's disease plasma biomarkers: a 7T MRI study

M Van Egroo, RWE van Hooren, HIL Jacobs - Alzheimer's research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background The brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) constitutes the intersection of the initial
pathophysiological processes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and sleep-wake dysregulation in …

Noradrenergic neuromodulation in ageing and disease

F Krohn, E Lancini, M Ludwig, M Leiman… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The locus coeruleus (LC) is a small brainstem structure located in the lower pons and is the
main source of noradrenaline (NA) in the brain. Via its phasic and tonic firing, it modulates …

Neurobiology and neuroprotective benefits of sleep

L Schneider - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Neurobiology and Neuroprotective Benefits of Sleep : CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in
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[HTML][HTML] Possible neuropathology of sleep disturbance linking to Alzheimer's disease: astrocytic and microglial roles

SY Xiao, YJ Liu, W Lu, ZW Sha, C Xu, ZH Yu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sleep disturbances not only deteriorate alzheimer's disease (AD) progress by affecting
cognitive states but also accelerate the neuropathological changes of AD. Astrocytes and …