Sleep in Healthy and Pathological Aging

Healthy aging involves large sleep changes  associated with modifications in sleepiness, cognitive functioning, and cardiovascular problems. Moreover, a growing body of evidence shows that singificant sleep alterations characterize many age-related pathological conditions. The possible role of specific sleep features as biomarkers of pathological aging has been higlighted, and a bidirectional role between sleep alterations and cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases has been proposed. As our aging population is progressively growing, it is crucial to expand knowledge about the relation between sleep, normal aging, and age-related pathological conditions.

The present Special Issue is focused on the sleep patterns observable in heatlhy and pathological aging. Specifically, our aim is to attract research articles concerning the following research topics:

1. Sleep pattern changes in healthy and pathological aging;
2. Sleep disorders in healthy aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases;
3. Association of sleep features with normal and altered daily functioning in the elderly;
4. Role of sleep hallmarks as possible biomarkers for pathological aging;
5. Sleep deprivation and sleepiness in older people;
6. Neurobiology of dreaming in healthy and pathological aging;
7. Treatments of sleep in aging as a possible clinical approach to early stages of Alzheimer's Disease

We invite authors and research groups to submit original researches, review articles and commentaries on these topics for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Luigi De Gennaro
Dr. Maurizio Gorgoni
Guest Editors

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