Health
Sleep deprivation accelerates Alzheimer's brain damage
Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer's disease, but researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the disease.
Jan 24, 2019
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News tagged with sleep disruption
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Biological clock disruptions sound Alzheimer's alarm
New Alzheimer's research from UVA Health suggests that enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to "sundowning"—the worsening of the disease's symptoms late in the day—and spur sleep disruptions thought to contribute ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disturbed sleep may partially explain long COVID breathlessness
A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness.
Apr 15, 2023
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Genetics
Neurobiologists identify a new gene important for healthy daily rhythms
Life is organized on a 24-hour schedule. Central to this regular rhythm is the circadian clock, timekeepers that are present in virtually every organ, tissue and cell type. When a clock goes awry, sleep disruption or a variety ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Restoring normal sleep reduces amyloid-beta accumulation in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Multiple studies in humans and mouse models indicate that sleep disruptions raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by increasing the accumulation of disease-relevant proteins such as amyloid-beta (A-beta) in the brain. ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Genetics
High-risk gene for neurodevelopmental disorders linked to sleep problems in flies
The mutation of a gene that has been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder led to marked sleep disturbances in fruit flies, according to a new study from scientists in the Perelman School ...
Feb 17, 2021
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Health
Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries
Disrupted nightly sleep and clogged arteries tend to sneak up on us as we age. And while both disorders may seem unrelated, a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, helps explain why they are, in fact, pathologically ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Neuroscience
Estrogens alleviate hyperactivity in zebrafish with autism gene
Research led by UCL, Yale and University of California, San Francisco has shown that the hormone estrogen alleviates the sleep disruption experienced by zebrafish genetically designed to help understand the biology of autism ...
Jan 28, 2016
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Neuroscience
Study helps explain why elderly have trouble sleeping
As people grow older, they often have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, and tend to awaken too early in the morning. In individuals with Alzheimer's disease, this common and troubling symptom of aging tends to ...
Aug 20, 2014
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Neuroscience
Connecting sleep deficits among young fruit flies to disruption in mating later in life
Mom always said you need your sleep, and it turns out, she was right. According to a new study published in Science this week from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, lack of ...
Apr 17, 2014
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