{"id":163340,"date":"2023-05-04T17:23:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/deep-sleep-may-mitigate-alzheimers-memory-loss-research-shows"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:23:47","slug":"deep-sleep-may-mitigate-alzheimers-memory-loss-research-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/deep-sleep-may-mitigate-alzheimers-memory-loss-research-shows","title":{"rendered":"Deep sleep may mitigate Alzheimer\u2019s memory loss, research shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/deep-sleep-may-mitigate-alzheimers-memory-loss-research-shows2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A deep slumber might help buffer against memory loss for older adults facing a heightened burden of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Deep sleep, also known as non-REM <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/slow-wave+sleep\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">slow-wave sleep<\/a>, can act as a \u201ccognitive reserve factor\u201d that may increase resilience against a protein in the brain called <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/beta-amyloid\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">beta-amyloid<\/a> that is linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/memory+loss\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">memory loss<\/a> caused by dementia. Disrupted sleep has previously been associated with faster accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in the brain. However, the new research from a team at UC Berkeley reveals that superior amounts of deep, slow-wave sleep can act as a protective factor against <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/memory\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">memory<\/a> decline in those with existing high amounts of Alzheimer\u2019s disease <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/pathology\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">pathology <\/a>\u2014a potentially significant advance that experts say could help alleviate some of dementia\u2019s most devastating outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a certain level of brain pathology, you\u2019re not destined for cognitive symptoms or memory issues,\u201d said Zs\u00f3fia Zavecz, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley\u2019s Center for Human Sleep Science. \u201cPeople should be aware that, despite having a certain level of pathology, there are certain lifestyle factors that will help moderate and decrease the effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deep slumber might help buffer against memory loss for older adults facing a heightened burden of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests. Deep sleep, also known as non-REM slow-wave sleep, can act as a \u201ccognitive reserve factor\u201d that may increase resilience against a protein in the brain called beta-amyloid [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}