Sleep deficiency is associated with atrophy of the inferior parietal region of the brain, according to a study published online March 31 in the Journal of Clini ...

Deficits in slow-wave and REM sleep appear to shrink parts of the brain known to be early indicators of cognitive ...

Can poor sleep raise your risk of Alzheimer’s? A new study links reduced sleep stages to brain shrinkage in areas prone to ...

“These results are particularly significant because they help characterise how sleep deficiency, a prevalent disturbance ...

Scientists say that poor sleep quality could shrink parts of the brain and increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

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Need another reason to prioritize your sleep? Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts of the ...

The research team, led by Dr. Gawon Cho, a postdoctoral associate at the Yale School of Medicine, studied 270 individuals ...