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How aging affects sleep-dependent memory consolidation?
Caroline Harand et al. Front Neurol. 2012.
Abstract
Memories are not stored as they were initially encoded but rather undergo a gradual reorganization process, termed memory consolidation. Numerous data indicate that sleep plays a major role in this process, notably due to the specific neurochemical environment and the electrophysiological activity observed during the night. Two putative, probably not exclusive, models ("hippocampo-neocortical dialogue" and "synaptic homeostasis hypothesis") have been proposed to explain the beneficial effect of sleep on memory processes. However, all data gathered until now emerged from studies conducted in young subjects. The investigation of the relationships between sleep and memory in older adults has sparked off little interest until recently. Though, aging is characterized by memory impairment, changes in sleep architecture, as well as brain and neurochemical alterations. All these elements suggest that sleep-dependent memory consolidation may be impaired or occurs differently in older adults. This review outlines the mechanisms governing sleep-dependent memory consolidation, and the crucial points of this complex process that may dysfunction and result in impaired memory consolidation in aging.
Keywords: aging; episodic memory; memory consolidation; procedural memory; sleep; slow wave sleep, hippocampus.
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Figure 1
Schematic representation of the possible alteration of sleep-dependent consolidation of declarative memories in older adults. (A) During wakefulness, information is encoded in neocortical and hippocampal networks (black arrow). During SWS, recently acquired information is repeatedly reactivated within hippocampal networks. Reactivations are associated with sharp waves-ripples and are driven by slow oscillations which also synchronize hippocampal memory reactivations with the occurrence of sleep spindles. These reactivations stimulate the transfer of memory traces toward neocortical sites for long term storage (red arrow). This transfer is allowed by low levels of acetylcholine and cortisol during early sleep. (B) With age, the decrease in SWS and slow oscillations combined with anatomical and functional changes in memory-related brain areas and neurochemical changes (acetylcholine, cortisol) are likely to explain that sleep-dependent memory consolidation is impaired in older adults. Adapted from Born et al. (2006).
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