Lack of sleep is tied to increases in two Alzheimer’s proteins
It’s not just A-beta levels that rise in the sleep deprived; tau levels do too
TANGLED UP Tangles of tau protein (green) muck up a nerve cell from a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, as seen in this transmission electron micrograph.
Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR/Science Source
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