Tag: Sleep

Publishing in the journal Aging, a team of Russian researchers has shown what happens to the cognitive capabilities and brain structures of young and old sleep-deprived mice. Sleep-deprived mice act somewhat like sleep-deprived people This experiment used three groups of mice, each of which had two sub-groups of younger and older animals. One group did...

Quality sleep is one of the foundations of health, and a new study suggests that poor sleep quality is a major risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Dementia is a rising global problem Worldwide, close to fifty million people currently live with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. According to the...