The restorative function of sleep is shaped by its duration, timing, continuity, subjective
quality, and efficiency. Current sleep recommendations specify only nocturnal duration and …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the major cause of dementia, characterized by the presence of
amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tau tangles. Plaques and tangles are associated …

Background Auditory stimulation has emerged as a promising tool to enhance non-
invasively sleep slow waves, deep sleep brain oscillations that are tightly linked to sleep …

Sleep staging is a fundamental but time consuming process in any sleep laboratory. To
greatly speed up sleep staging without compromising accuracy, we developed a novel …

The hippocampus has a well-established role in spatial and episodic memory but a broader
function has been proposed including aspects of perception and relational processing …

Sleep disturbances are among the most common nonmotor complications of Parkinson's
disease (PD), can present in prodromal stages, and progress with advancing disease. In …

The experimental study of electroencephalographic slow wave sleep (SWS) stretches over
more than half a century and has corroborated its importance for basic physiological …

Slow-wave sleep is the deep non-rapid eye-movement (NREM) sleep stage that is most
relevant for the recuperative function of sleep. Its defining property is the presence of slow …

Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a leading cause of cognitive decline in elderly
people and development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Blood–brain barrier (BBB) leakage is …

Sleep plays a crucial role in memory stabilization and integration, yet many people obtain
insufficient sleep. This review assesses what is known about the level of sleep deprivation …