Sleep could help identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage
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Nocturnal micro-awakenings linked to genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease
What if certain signs of the disease were to manifest themselves subtly during sleep, long before the first memory problems appear? This is the line of inquiry being explored by a team of researchers at ULiège, with the support of the Stop Alzheimer's Foundation.
Sleep could help identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage
What if certain signs of the disease were to manifest subtly during sleep, long before the first memory problems appear? This is the line of inquiry being explored by a team of researchers at ULiège.
According to research published in May 2026 in the magazine Sleep, researchers at the University of Liège link sleep to the genetic risk of Alzheimer's. The link appears only in middle-aged sleepers, while young adults show no evidence of it. These brief recoveries of brain activity completely escape the sleeper, who wakes up thinking of having spent a quiet night. Night micro-awakings would therefore take a new value after the 50s, when they ar…
Waking up briefly at night? Scientists say it could reveal a dementia clue
Most of us stir at least a few times a night, then drift back off without a thought. New research suggests those tiny nudges of wakefulness may quietly reveal something about the brain’s long-term health. Scientists at the University of Liège, backed by the Stop Alzheimer’s Foundation, analysed sleep patterns of more than 500 healthy people. Their findings, published in the journal Sleep, suggest studying sleep could help identify vulnerable ind…
Scientists have found a link between REM sleep and a region of the brain associated with early processes in Alzheimer's disease — as we know TSN.ua (news 1+1).
Sleep study for early detection of Alzheimer's risk
What if certain signs of Alzheimer's disease were to manifest themselves subtly during sleep, long before the first memory problems appear? This is the line of inquiry being explored by a team of researchers at ULiège, with the support of the Stop Alzheimer’s Foundation.
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