Link found between restless sleep and dementia Neurology: Tossing and turning during sleep is linked to cognitive decline 13:11

People who frequently toss and turn in their sleep perform worse on cognitive tests. Scientists from the University of California in the USA came to this conclusion. results published In the journal Neurology.

526 people between the ages of 30 and 40 participated in the study. Using special tracking bracelets, the research team collected information about the amount and quality of the volunteers’ nightly sleep and whether they tossed and turned in their sleep. Participants were then asked to complete cognitive ability tests.

Volunteers had to name as many words as possible from a given group that started with the same letter. Examples of such words are the names of animal species. People who slept restlessly were 2.5 times more likely to score lower during the test than subjects who were not active.

D., lead author of a study examining the relationship between sleep and brain health from the University of California, San Francisco. Yue Leng explained that the quality of night’s sleep is more important than its quantity. Most likely, restless sleep leads to a disruption in the brain’s ability to clear itself of toxic proteins, and their accumulation can lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

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