Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s dementia. Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease are associated with the accumulation of abnormal proteins in the brain. Beta-amyloid and tau proteins in Alzheimer’s dementia, alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease, and Lewy Body dementia disease can accumulate in the brain and later affect brain function because of their toxic functions. Alzheimer’s disease…
The brain produces toxins and abnormal proteins like beta-amyloid and tau protein during its activity. If these proteins are not cleared, they can create plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain that lead to neurodegenerative diseases like dementia. An NIH study showed one night of sleep deprivation increases the β amyloid burden in the right…
Four in 10 adults do not get enough sleep according to a 2014 Gallup poll. I suspect it is a lot more. Sleep deprivation can occur in three different ways. First is sleep fragmentation, where a continuous sleep is broken up. The second is ‘selective sleep restriction’ that occurs in obstructive sleep apnea. This results…
