A new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that lack of
sleep increases amyloid beta, a protein linked to Alzheimer's.
Not exact matches
The researchers compared each participant's
amyloid beta and tau levels after the disrupted night to the levels after the uninterrupted night, and found a 10 percent
increase in
amyloid beta levels after a single night of interrupted
sleep, but no corresponding
increase in tau levels.
«Lack of
sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: Preliminary study shows
increased levels of beta -
amyloid.»
Losing just one night of
sleep led to an immediate
increase in beta -
amyloid, a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a small, new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Losing just one night of
sleep led to an immediate
increase in beta -
amyloid, a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to...
Washington University scientists found that a lack of
sleep could
increase the protein
amyloid beta, a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers found that levels of the beta
amyloid protein in spinal fluid
increased during waking hours and decreased during
sleep.
This study is important as it shows that a single night of
sleep deprivation can lead to an
increase in
amyloid, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, deposited in the brain.
Maryland, US (Scicasts)-- Losing just one night of
sleep led to an immediate
increase in beta -
amyloid, a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a small, new study by researchers at the...
«This study affirms that disrupted
sleep may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease via
increased amyloid.»
Vemuri noted that the new study is only observational and as such does not prove that poor
sleep causes an
increase in beta -
amyloid.
It's also unclear how much poor
sleep it takes to
increase beta -
amyloid accumulation, the researchers said.
Rats undergoing natural
sleep or
sleep induced by anesthesia
increased their brain's interstitial spaces by 60 %.6 This leads to significant exchanges between CSF and interstitial fluid that result in
increased rates of beta -
amyloid clearance during
sleep.