Alzheimer's breakthrough: Scientists restore two hours of sleep without clearing brain plaques
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University of Kentucky researchers found that overactive microglia (brain immune cells) drive sleep loss in Alzheimer's disease; temporarily removing most microglia restored over two hours of daily sleep per mouse, even with plaques unchanged, pointing to immune dysregulation rather than plaques alone as the sleep-loss culprit.
The findings are from an animal model and clinical translation remains future research.
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