DETROIT: Disruption in sleep associated with the accumulation of a protein in the brain (linked to Alzheimer’s disease) may cause memory problems in healthy older adults, reports a paper.
Research shows that the extent of the protein beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain predicts a reduction in slow wave brain activity during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and an increase in memory impairments.
The authors suggest that this accumulation disrupts slow wave brain activity during sleep and that this protein induced disruption, in turn, directly impairs long-term memory consolidation…