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Role of sleep-related brain activity in clearing toxic proteins and preventing Alzheimer’s disease
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Role of sleep-related brain activity in clearing toxic proteins and preventing Alzheimer’s disease

by  Public Library of Science PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain Evidence of sleep-dependent low-frequency (<0.1 Hz) global brain activity in the clearance of Alzheimer’s disease-related toxin buildup is presented in research published on 1st June 2021 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Xiao Liu and colleagues at The Pennsylvania State University....