Coupled sleep rhythms for memory consolidation

BP Staresina - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
How do passing moments turn into lasting memories? Sheltered from external tasks and
distractions, sleep constitutes an optimal state for the brain to reprocess and consolidate …

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 …

The hierarchy of coupled sleep oscillations reverses with aging in humans

MA Züst, C Mikutta, X Omlin, T DeStefani… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
A well orchestrated coupling hierarchy of slow waves and spindles during slow-wave sleep
supports memory consolidation. In old age, the duration of slow-wave sleep and the number …

Automated analysis of a large-scale paediatric dataset illustrates the interdependent relationship between epilepsy and sleep

J Skorucak, BK Bölsterli, S Storz, S Leach, B Schmitt… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Slow waves are an electrophysiological characteristic of non-rapid eye movement sleep and
a marker of the restorative function of sleep. In certain pathological conditions, such as …

Memory retention following acoustic stimulation in slow-wave sleep: a meta-analytic review of replicability and measurement quality

TJ Harlow, MB Jané, HL Read, JJ Chrobak - Frontiers in Sleep, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The role of slow oscillations and spindles during sleep on memory retention has become an
area of great interest in the recent decade. Accordingly, there are multiple studies that …

Slow-wave sleep and subsequent risk of dementia

T Kawada - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2024 - jcsm.aasm.org
I read the report by Van den Bulcke et al 1 with great interest. The authors reported that
acoustic stimulation enhances slowwave sleep (SWS) in adults with mild to moderate …

Reduced slow wave density is associated with worse positive symptoms in clinical high risk: An objective readout of symptom severity for early treatment interventions …

A Mayeli, JD Wilson, FL Donati, F Ferrarelli - Psychiatry Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) present subsyndromal psychotic
symptoms that can escalate and lead to the transition to a diagnosable psychotic disorder …

Multi-night acoustic stimulation is associated with better sleep, amyloid dynamics, and memory in older adults with cognitive impairment

CJ Zeller, M Wunderlin, K Wicki, CE Teunissen… - GeroScience, 2024 - Springer
Sleep is a potential early, modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia. Impaired
slow wave sleep (SWS) is pronounced in individuals with cognitive impairment (CI) …

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

M Jafarzadehesfahani, S Farboud Sheshdeh, HV Ngo… - 2023 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
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 …

Phase-locked auditory pulse stimulation at home enhancing slow sleep waves: A pilot real-world study

G Xi, X Zheng, A Gao, S Huang, H Lei, J Ding, Q Zhang… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background Deep sleep, also known as slow-wave sleep (SWS), is essential for maintaining
good health and is characterized by electroencephalographic (EEG) slow-wave activity …