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Slow-Wave Sleep Mediates the Compensatory Effects of Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Declarative Memory Deficits in Sleep Restriction.
Sleep·August 26, 2026·PMID 42648715
Why it mattersSleep restriction is common in high-performance and operational settings, and its cognitive toll is often accepted as unavoidable. This study offers a practical, non-pharmacological countermeasure—a brief evening exercise session—that may preserve hippocampal-dependent memory under restricted sleep, with slow-wave sleep as a plausible mechanism.
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