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cortical thinning
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Impact of sleep duration on executive function and brain structure nature.com Mar 3, 2022 7 facts
claimShorter sleep durations are linked with reduced density of slow-wave sleep activity in fronto-temporal regions and associated cortical thinning, possibly related to excessive wakeful neuronal activity.
claimDubè et al. found that cortical thinning explains changes in sleep slow waves during adulthood.
claimLongitudinal data indicates that poor sleep quality is associated with an increased rate of cortical thinning in frontal and temporal brain regions.
claimLongitudinal data indicates that longer sleep duration is associated with an increased rate of cortical thinning in the superior frontal gyrus.
referenceSpira, A. P. et al. examined the relationship between sleep duration and subsequent cortical thinning in cognitively normal older adults in a 2016 study published in Sleep.
claimLongitudinal data indicates that shorter sleep duration is associated with an increased rate of cortical thinning in the superior temporal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, and middle frontal gyrus.
claimCortical thinning is linked to changes in sleep slow waves during adulthood, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Sleep Across the Lifespan: A Neurobehavioral Perspective link.springer.com Feb 5, 2025 2 facts
claimThe decrease in N3 sleep and increase in N2 sleep in older adults is attributed to cortical thinning and may be influenced by the criteria used for scoring sleep stages.
claimCortical thinning is associated with reduced delta activity, and middle-aged females exhibit thicker cortices in specific brain regions than middle-aged males, which may explain sex differences in spectral power.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimMeditation may slow the natural progression of cortical thinning over time, as normal age-related decline in gray matter (GM) volume and attentional performance is present in controls but not in meditators.