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Sleep restored in Alzheimer's without clearing brain plaques
Original: Alzheimer's breakthrough: 2 hrs of sleep restored without clearing brain plaques
Researchers report that about two hours of lost sleep were restored in Alzheimer's cases without removing amyloid plaques from the brain, challenging the assumption that plaque clearance is required to improve sleep symptoms. The finding, covered by ScienceDaily, is drawing attention because it suggests sleep disruption may be treated through mechanisms separate from the plaques long targeted by Alzheimer's drugs.
Why now: It challenges the dominant plaque-centered theory of Alzheimer's treatment, making it surprising and widely debated.
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