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Monday, June 22, 2015

Sleep and Memory Loss, Alzheimer's

Sleep Could Help Stave Off Alzheimer's and Memory Loss, According to New Study

Alena Hall | June 2, 2015


We've long known that people with Alzheimer's disease often experience problems with their sleep. But according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, poor shut-eye in older adults may play a role in the development of the disease in the first place.

<more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/02/sleep-alzheimers-linked-to-memory-loss_n_7494502.html; related link: https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/06/01/alzheimers-protein-memory-loss/ (+Video) (Poor sleep linked to toxic buildup of Alzheimer’s protein, memory loss) and http://news.berkeley.edu/2014/09/14/neural-compensation-for-alzheimers-beta-amyloid/ (Researchers find neural compensation in people with Alzheimer’s-related protein)>

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