Deep Sleep and Parietal Cortex Gene Expression Changes are Related to Cognitive Deficits with Age

Background: Age-related cognitive deficits negatively affect quality of life and can presage serious neurodegenerative disorders. Despite sleep disruptions well-recognized negative influence on cognition, and its prevalence with age, surprisingly few studies have tested sleeps relationship to cognitive aging.

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Buechel HM, Popovic J, Searcy JL, Porter NM, Thibault O, Blalock EM