Sleep apnea in children impairs memory consolidation.

The article discusses study on role of obstructive sleep apnea in children in interfering with memory consolidation. Topics discussed include focus on children with sleep-disordered breathing, research published in the journal PLOS ONE journal on whether specific memory deficits could be measured in children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) and reduction in N2 sleep spindles in those who snored the most.