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Sleep is Essential for Mental Health: Potential Role of Slow Oscillations
Aquino, Giulia; Alfì, Gaspare; Riemann, Dieter et al.
2024In Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 10 (1), p. 13 - 22
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Keywords :
Clinical practice; Functional connectivity; Mental health; Neural plasticity; Sleep slow oscillation; Slow wave sleep; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Neurology; Neurology (clinical)
Abstract :
[en] Purpose of Review: Sleep is a physiological process characterized by a crucial interaction between behavioural and neurobiological aspects, thereby directly influencing mental functionality. The present work aims at providing an overview of the structure, topological distribution, and functions of the sleep slow oscillation (< 1 Hz), and at attempting to unveil how the mechanisms underlying its properties are altered in several mental disorders. Recent Findings: Slow wave sleep and especially the sleep slow oscillation appear to regulate essential mechanisms at the basis of neuronal and synaptic health, such as an efficient functional connectivity, brain plasticity, memory consolidation, metabolic clearance, and sleep maintenance. Alterations of these functions can be observed at various levels in a wide range of mental disorders, ranging from insomnia to overt psychiatric disorders. Summary: We propose a guidance for research and clinical practice related to the sleep slow oscillation, considering the lack of clinical emphasis on this wave and highlighting the potential benefits of its direct non-invasive modulation. In this framework, we propose that targeting insomnia would be crucial for mental health by regulating the sleep slow oscillation.
Precision for document type :
Review article
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Aquino, Giulia;  Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine – University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Alfì, Gaspare;  Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine – University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Riemann, Dieter;  Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Laurino, Marco;  Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
Menicucci, Danilo;  Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine – University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Piarulli, Andrea  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Neurosciences - Coma Science Group ; Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine – University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Palagini, Laura;  Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Gemignani, Angelo;  Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine – University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy ; Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Language :
English
Title :
Sleep is Essential for Mental Health: Potential Role of Slow Oscillations
Publication date :
March 2024
Journal title :
Current Sleep Medicine Reports
eISSN :
2198-6401
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Pages :
13 - 22
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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