Sleep Disturbances may Contribute to Alzheimers Disease
by Karishma Abhishek on
December 17, 2020 at 1:02 PM
Sleep disturbances like fractured sleep and daytime sleepiness are the worsening complaints of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), as the disease progresses. But the exact link between Alzheimer's and circadian dysfunction remains masked.
A brain protein - YKL-40 that is regulated by clock genes is also a well-known biomarker of Alzheimer's disease, involved in clearing away the toxic buildup of Alzheimer's protein plaques in the brain, as per a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis published in the journal
Science Translational Medicine.