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REM sleep in successful, usual, and pathological aging: the Pittsburgh experience 1980–1993
Author(s) -
REYNOLDS CHARLES F.,
HOCH CAROLYN C.,
BUYSSE DANIEL J.,
MONK TIMOTHY H.,
HOUCK PATRICIA R.,
KUPFER DAVID J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1993.tb00091.x
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , vitality , pathological , psychology , mood , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , successful aging , medicine , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy , theology , computer science , operating system
SUMMARY Successful psychological and physical adaptation in late life correlates with preservation of sleep quality and physiological integrity of nocturnal EEG sleep measures. Failure to adapt is associated with loss of sleep continuity, alterations in the temporal distribution of delta wave activity, and by either a relative increase in REM sleep (e.g. in mood disorders) or a decrease in REM sleep (e.g. neurodegenerative disorders). Maintenance of sleep (particularly REM sleep) into late life may not be just a correlate, but also possibly a mechanism, of successful aging and thus necessary to the long‐term maintenance of vitality and engagement in life.