Sleep: Slow Wave Activity Predicts Amyloid-β Accumulation

Hong-Viet V Ngo; Jurgen Claassen; Martin Dresler

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.058

Sleep: Slow Wave Activity Predicts Amyloid-β Accumulation

Curr Biol. 2020 Nov 16;30(22):R1371-R1373. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.058.

Authors

Hong-Viet V Ngo¹, Jurgen Claassen¹, Martin Dresler²

Affiliations

¹ Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
² Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: martin.dresler@donders.ru.nl.

PMID: 33202236
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.058

Abstract

The accumulation of amyloid-β, a metabolic residue found in the brain, has been linked to cognitive ageing and Alzheimer's disease. A longitudinal study reveals that the increase of amyloid-β can be predicted using simple sleep parameters.

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MeSH terms

Alzheimer Disease*
Amyloid beta-Peptides* / metabolism
Brain / metabolism
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Sleep

Substances

Amyloid beta-Peptides