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Two hours of sleep restored in Alzheimer’s brains in research breakthrough
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Two hours of sleep restored in Alzheimer’s brains in research breakthrough

Imagine this: researchers have discovered that microglia, the brain's immune cells, are the main culprits behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s patients. By using a drug to temporarily remove these cells in mice, they managed to restore over two hours of sleep each day! This finding is a game changer, shifting our understanding of how Alzheimer’s affects sleep. It turns out that the immune response to amyloid plaques is what keeps the brain awake, not just the plaques themselves.
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