New Perspectives in Nonintrusive Sleep Monitoring for Neurodegenerative Diseases—A Narrative Review
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Good sleep quality is of primary importance in ensuring people’s health and well-being. In fact, sleep disorders have well-known adverse effects on quality of life, as they influence attention, memory, mood, and various physiological regulatory body functions. Sleep alterations are often strictly related to age and comorbidities. For example, in neurodegenerative diseases, symptoms may be aggravated by alterations in sleep cycles or, vice versa, may be the cause of sleep disruption. Polysomnography is the primary instrumental method to investigate sleep diseases; however, its use is limited to clinical practice. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the available innovative technologies and methodologies proposed for less invasive sleep-disorder analysis, with a focus on neurodegenerative disorders. The paper intends to summarize the main studies, selected between 2010 and 2022, from different perspectives covering three relevant contexts, the use of wearable and non-wearable technologies, and application to specific neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, the review provides a qualitative summary for each selected article concerning the objectives, instrumentation, metrics, and impact of the results obtained, in order to facilitate the comparison among methodological approaches and overall findings.
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Sleep plays a fundamental role in supporting neurocognitive processes that are essential for learning and academic performance.
“Sleep plays a fundamental role in supporting neurocognitive processes that are essential for learning and academic performance.”
From The Effect of Sleep Quality on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study (2026) · cites this paper as Masi et al., 2023
A large body of research indicates that sleep contributes to memory consolidation, attentional regulation, executive functioning, and emotional regulation through interactions among neuroendocrine processes, neural plasticity, and brain network activity.
“A large body of research indicates that sleep contributes to memory consolidation, attentional regulation, executive functioning, and emotional regulation through interactions among neuroendocrine processes, neural plasticity, and brain network activity (Curcio et al., 2006; Masi et al., 2023).”
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The Effect of Sleep Quality on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study
Zhou, J., Liu, Y., Yue, C., Wang, M., Chen, K., & Rosales, K. P. (2026) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs16050634 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
“A large body of research indicates that sleep contributes to memory consolidation, attentional regulation, executive functioning, and emotional regulation through interactions among neuroendocrine processes, neural plasticity, and brain network activity (Curcio et al., 2006; Masi et al., 2023).”
- Authors
- Masi, G., Amprimo, G., Priano, L., & Ferraris, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- Politecnico di Torino (IT)
- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IT)
- Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Masi, Giulia
- Priano, Lorenzo
- Venue
- Electronics
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2023-02-22
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1098
- ISSN
- 2079-9292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4321599320
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2
- FWCI
- 0.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Electronics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PORTO@Iris (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Department of Excellence Grant of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research to the ’Rita Levi Montalcini’ Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Italy
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Keywords
- neurodegenerative diseases, sleep disorders, wearable sensors, polysomnography alternative, sleep quality, sleep disruption, aging and sleep
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