Yesavage J, Bliwise D, Guilleminault C, Carskadon M, Dement W
Sleep. 1985;8(1):30-3. doi: 10.1093/sleep/8.1.30.
Polysomnography and neuropsychological tests administered to 41 nondemented male subjects (mean age, 69.5) indicated that impaired performance was associated with sleep-related respiratory disturbance. Such deficits could reflect deficits in vigilance or cortical insult resulting from nightly hypoxemia. Whether the degree of impairment observed here predicts more severe dementia will await longitudinal studies.
对41名无痴呆症男性受试者(平均年龄69.5岁)进行的多导睡眠图和神经心理学测试表明,表现受损与睡眠相关的呼吸障碍有关。这些缺陷可能反映了夜间低氧血症导致的警觉性缺陷或皮质损伤。此处观察到的损伤程度是否能预测更严重的痴呆症,还有待纵向研究。