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Sleep in Normal Aging
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Sleep patterns change with aging, independent of other factors, and include advanced sleep timing, shortened nocturnal sleep duration, increased frequency of daytime naps, increased number of nocturnal awakenings and time spent awake during the night, and decreased slow wave sleep. Most of these changes seem to occur between young and middle adulthood; sleep parameters remain largely unchanged among healthy older adults. The circadian system and sleep homeostatic mechanisms become less robust with normal aging. The amount and pattern of sleep-related hormone secretion change as well. The causes of sleep disturbances in older adults are multifactorial.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Li, J., Vitiello, M. V., & Gooneratne, N. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Junxin
- Venue
- Sleep Medicine Clinics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-03
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-11
- ISSN
- 1556-407X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5841578
- OpenAlex
- W2081413435
- Cited by
- 742
- References
- 120
- Citations by year
- 2026: 80 · 2025: 108 · 2024: 104 · 2023: 109 · 2022: 87 · 2021: 107 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 11
- FWCI
- 3.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Sleep Medicine Clinics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007953)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (K99NR016484)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Keywords
- normal aging, sleep timing, nighttime sleep duration, daytime napping, nocturnal awakenings, slow-wave sleep, circadian rhythm, sleep homeostasis, sleep hormones
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Circadian Rhythm, Environment, Homeostasis, Humans, Life Style, Sleep, Sleep Wake Disorders, Sleep Stages, Wakefulness, Social Participation
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