Slow-Wave Sleep Mediates the Compensatory Effects of Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Declarative Memory Deficits in Sleep Restriction.
Insufficient sleep impairs cognition, particularly hippocampal-dependent memory. However, effective strategies for addressing these effects in humans remain limited. Physical exercise enhances slow-wave sleep (SWS) and improves memory performance, suggesting it may provide a physiologically grounded buffer against slee...