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Sleep deprivation accelerates Alzheimer’s brain damage

January 24, 2019 by

A study in mice and people shows that sleep deprivation causes tau levels to rise and tau tangles to spread through the brain. Tau tangles are associated with Alzheimer's disease and brain damage.

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