Sleep and anxiety: From mechanisms to interventions

SL Chellappa, D Aeschbach - Sleep medicine reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Anxiety is the most common mental health problem worldwide. Epidemiological studies
show that sleep disturbances, particularly insomnia, affect∼ 50% of individuals with anxiety …

Offline memory consolidation during waking rest

EJ Wamsley - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
People spend approximately half of their waking hours in a so-called offline state—
daydreaming, mind wandering or otherwise inattentive to their surroundings. These activities …

The sleep–circadian interface: A window into mental disorders

N Meyer, R Lok, C Schmidt, SD Kyle… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Sleep, circadian rhythms, and mental health are reciprocally interlinked. Disruption to the
quality, continuity, and timing of sleep can precipitate or exacerbate psychiatric symptoms in …

Understanding the need for sleep to improve cognition

RLF Leong, MWL Chee - Annual review of psychology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The restorative function of sleep is shaped by its duration, timing, continuity, subjective
quality, and efficiency. Current sleep recommendations specify only nocturnal duration and …

Closed-loop auditory stimulation of sleep slow oscillations: basic principles and best practices

MJ Esfahani, S Farboud, HVV Ngo, J Schneider… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sleep is essential for our physical and mental well-being. During sleep, despite the paucity
of overt behavior, our brain remains active and exhibits a wide range of coupled brain …

Acoustic stimulation during sleep predicts long-lasting increases in memory performance and beneficial amyloid response in older adults

M Wunderlin, CJ Zeller, SR Senti, KD Fehér… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Sleep and neurodegeneration are assumed to be locked in a bi-directional
vicious cycle. Improving sleep could break this cycle and help to prevent …

Quantifying physiological biomarkers of a microwave brain stimulation device

I Hussain, S Young, CH Kim, HCM Benjamin, SJ Park - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Physiological signals are immediate and sensitive to neural and cardiovascular change
resulting from brain stimulation, and are considered as a quantifying tool with which to …

Sleep-based interventions in Alzheimer's disease: promising approaches from prevention to treatment along the disease trajectory

S Cordone, S Scarpelli, V Alfonsi, L De Gennaro… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The multifactorial nature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has led scientific researchers to focus
on the modifiable and treatable risk factors of AD. Sleep fits into this context, given the …

Many faces of sleep regulation: beyond the time of day and prior wake time

JM Duhart, S Inami, K Koh - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The two‐process model of sleep regulation posits two main processes regulating sleep: the
circadian process controlled by the circadian clock and the homeostatic process that …

Translational approaches to influence sleep and arousal

RE Brown, TJ Spratt, GB Kaplan - Brain research bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Sleep disorders are widespread in society and are prevalent in military personnel and in
Veterans. Disturbances of sleep and arousal mechanisms are common in neuropsychiatric …