These findings provide some evidence that reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) may contribute to brain atrophy, thereby increasing the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD).

A new study reveals that not getting enough of specific stages in the sleep cycle may be linked to cognitive decline and ...

Lack of those types of sleep particularly appears to affect the inferior parietal region, which is known to undergo early ...

and even in regions in the inferior parietal lobe that have been linked to discerning others’ mental states. According to Thalia Wheatley of Dartmouth College, people in the same social network ...

4). For all subjects, the stimulated area included the intraparietal sulcus and the adjacent cortex in the superior and inferior parietal lobule. Although the stimulated area varied slightly among ...

New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over time.

Sleep deficiency is associated with atrophy of the inferior parietal region of the brain, according to a study published online March 31 in the Journal of Clini ...

Lack of those types of sleep particularly appears to affect the inferior parietal region, which is known to undergo early changes in Alzheimer’s, researchers wrote. “Our findings provide ...