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

Dementia is the seventh leading cause of mortality, and a major source of disability and
dependency in older individuals globally. Cognitive decline (and, to a lesser extent, normal …

Importance Good sleep is essential for health, yet associations between sleep and dementia
risk remain incompletely understood. The Sleep and Dementia Consortium was established …

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 …

Abstract Study Objectives The low-frequency high-amplitude oscillations of slow-wave sleep
(SWS) are considered to promote the consolidation of episodic memory. Previous research …

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 …

Background: Heart rate fragmentation (HRF), a new non-invasive metric quantifying cardiac
neuroautonomic function, is associated with increasing age and cardiovascular disease …

Objectives A meta-analysis was used to explore the characteristic changes in objective
sleep structure of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared with cognitively …

Substantial evidence suggests that the circadian decline of core body temperature (CBT)
triggers the initiation of human sleep, with CBT continuing to decrease during sleep …

Background and purpose Several smaller, community‐based studies have suggested a link
between sleep disorders and dementia with a focus on sleep as a modifiable risk factor for …