A new study is offering some of the strongest evidence to date linking Alzheimer’s disease and sleep apnea.
Sleep & dementia: The new science linking cognitive decline with irregular sleep
Sleep is important. We all know that. Recent research is now revealing what goes on in our brain while we sleep, and how decades of disrupted slumber can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
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Researchers at UC Berkeley have found a consistent association between poor sleep and greater accumulation of the toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer's
A signalling pathway that regulates sleep has been found to also control the toxic protein aggregations commonly associated with neurodegeneration.
Scientists have demonstrated how the brain washes away toxic proteins during a specific phase of deep sleep.
Researchers have homed in on the specific sleep phase that, when disrupted, can be linked to early stages of cognitive decline.
The first results from the world's largest sleep study have been published, concluding that between seven and eight hours of sleep is the ideal range.
Researchers have discovered the gene that helps "short sleepers" stay cognitively sharp despite sleeping less than six hours a night.
A new study has revealed a stark connection between sleep deprivation and increased deposits of amyloid-beta – peptides linked to Alzheimer's disease …
A team of researchers from Israel discover how sleep activates a DNA repair mechanism in the brain.
New research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found strong evidence that disruptions in sleep cycles could be an …