Boosting Slow Oscillations during Sleep to Improve Memory Function in Elderly People: A Review of the Literature

Sleep represents a crucial time window for the consolidation of memory traces. In this view, some brain rhythms play a pivotal role, first of all the sleep slow waves. In particular, the neocortical slow oscillations (SOs), in coordination with the hippocampal ripples and the thalamocortical spindle...

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Main Authors: Federico Salfi, Aurora D’Atri, Daniela Tempesta, Luigi De Gennaro, Michele Ferrara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/5/300