REM sleep in successful, usual, and pathological aging: the Pittsburgh experience 1980–1993
Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: Successful psychological and physical adaptation in late life correlates with preservation of sleep quality and physiological integrity of nocturnal EEG sleep measures. Failure to adapt is associated with loss of sleep continuity, alterations in the temporal distribution of delta wave activity, and by either a relative increase in REM sleep (e.g. in mood disorders) or a decrease in REM sleep (e.g. neurodegenerative disorders). Maintenance of sleep (particularly REM sleep) into late life may not be just a correlate, but also possibly a mechanism, of successful aging and thus necessary to the long-term maintenance of vitality and engagement in life.
Source: Journal of Sleep Research
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2020612604