Consciousness and sleep

G Tononi, M Boly, C Cirelli - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Sleep is a universal, essential biological process. It is also an invaluable window on
consciousness. It tells us that consciousness can be lost but also that it can be regained, in …

Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress

Y Cabrera, KJ Koymans, GR Poe, HW Kessels… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Expressions such as 'sleep on it'refer to the resolution of distressing experiences across a
night of sound sleep. Sleep is an active state during which the brain reorganizes the …

Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle

A Osorio-Forero, G Foustoukos, R Cardis… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) regulates arousal levels during wakefulness, but its
role in sleep remains unclear. Here, we show in mice that fluctuating LC neuronal activity …

Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease

I Slutsky - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The presymptomatic phase of Alzheimer disease (AD) starts with the deposition of amyloid-β
in the cortex and begins a decade or more before the emergence of cognitive decline. The …

From childhood adversity to latent stress vulnerability in adulthood: the mediating roles of sleep disturbances and HPA axis dysfunction

L Simon, R Admon - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2023 - nature.com
Childhood adversity is a prominent predisposing risk factor for latent stress vulnerability,
expressed as an elevated likelihood of develo** stress-related psychopathology upon …

Anything but small: Microarousals stand at the crossroad between noradrenaline signaling and key sleep functions

A Lüthi, M Nedergaard - Neuron, 2025 - cell.com
Continuous sleep restores the brain and body, whereas fragmented sleep harms cognition
and health. Microarousals (MAs), brief (3-to 15-s-long) wake intrusions into sleep, are …

Optimizing treatment for older adults with depression

M Srifuengfung, BRT Pennington… - Therapeutic Advances …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This review presents a comprehensive guide for optimizing medication management in
older adults with depression within an outpatient setting. Medication optimization involves …

Developmental atlas of phase-amplitude coupling between physiologic high-frequency oscillations and slow waves

K Sakakura, N Kuroda, M Sonoda, T Mitsuhashi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We investigated the developmental changes in high-frequency oscillation (HFO) and
Modulation Index (MI)–the coupling measure between HFO and slow-wave phase. We …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative recovery sleep ameliorates postoperative cognitive dysfunction aggravated by sleep fragmentation in aged mice by enhancing Eeg Delta-wave …

Y Li, S Hou, F Li, S Long, Y Yang, Y Li, L Zhao… - Brain Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sleep fragmentation (SF) is a common sleep problem experienced during the perioperative
period by older adults, and is associated with postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease and sleep disorders: a bidirectional relationship

J Chen, G Peng, B Sun - Neuroscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent dementia, pathologically featuring abnormal
accumulation of amyloid-β (A β) and hyperphosphorylated tau, while sleep, divided into …