Guest Editor: Antonino Maniaci School of Medicine and Surgery, “Kore” University, Enna, Italy  Email: antonino.maniaci@unikore.it Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1251-0185

Dear Colleagues,

Healthy aging involves large sleep changes  associated with modifications in sleepiness, cognitive functioning, and cardiovascular problems. Sleep disturbances have a negative impact on quality of life and data suggest that they correlate with significant negative effects on physical and mental health, and health-related quality of life. As we know, the prevalence of such disturbances increases with age. Based on scientific data, we could consider strategies to avoid or to diminish one risk factor which has negative impact on healthy aging: sleep disturbance.

The present Special Issue is focused on the sleep patterns observable in heatlhy and pathological aging. Specifically, our aim is to attract research articles concerning the following research topics: Sleep disorders and the impact of their treatment among the elderly population; Strategies for correcting sleep disturbances among the aging population; Sleep pattern changes in healthy and pathological aging; Sleep disorders in healthy aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases; Association of sleep features with normal and altered daily functioning in the elderly; Role of sleep hallmarks as possible biomarkers for pathological aging.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.antpublisher.com through the online submission system. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, Review articles as well as Therapeutic Brief are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. APT is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by ANT.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. Considering limited grants for some researchers, Dr. Xiang Xie and the editorial office made the decision that Article Processing Charges will be fully exempted, which means that there are NOT any manuscript processing or publication fees for your article once accepted after standard peer-review.

Submission Deadline

May 31st, 2026

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