Search Results: sleep
Can zebrafish show us how amyloid causes sleep disruption?
Dr Guliz Ozcan at University College London will look to better understand how small amyloid proteins cause insomnia in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
The role of sleep in people with Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers are using powerful brain scanning techniques to investigate how sleep affects brain changes in people with Down’s syndrome (DS).
Genes for shorter sleep linked with reduction of Alzheimer’s changes in mice brain
Researchers in the US have studied genes associated with a shorter sleep cycle and found they reduce Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in the mice bred to develop features of the disease
Dreaming of a world without dementia: all you need to know about sleep and dementia
Getting a good night’s sleep can help us feel sharper and healthier, but the links between sleep and dementia are complex. In this post we explore the latest research.
How does dementia with Lewy bodies affect sleeping patterns?
Researchers from Northumbria University are using a non-invasive technique to compare sleep patterns of people with and without dementia with Lewy bodies
Can boosting sleep help to tackle tau?
Researchers are investigating whether enhancing sleep can slow the build-up of a key Alzheimer’s protein
Could a Parkinson’s disease drug improve sleep and memory in Alzheimer’s?
Dr Jonathan Blackman at the University of Bristol is investigating how the Parkinson’s drug, Levodopa may improve sleep and memory in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease.
Is sleep duration associated with dementia risk?
Research led by teams in Paris and London have found that UK civil servants who regularly slept for six hours or less in middle age have a higher risk of dementia
A night of no sleep increases Alzheimer’s marker in blood
Researchers from Sweden have found that one night of no sleep increases levels of the Alzheimer’s disease biomarker tau in healthy young men. The results of the small study are published today (Wednesday 8 January) in the scientific journal Neurology. The 15 men who took part in the study had an average age of 22…
