Sleep: Slow Wave Activity Predicts Amyloid-β Accumulation
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Quantifying Infra-slow Dynamics of Spectral Power and Heart Rate in Sleeping Mice
Published on: August 2, 2017
Hong-Viet V Ngo1, Jurgen Claassen1, Martin Dresler1
1Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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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