LEXINGTON, Ky. — Researchers at the University of Kentucky say they have uncovered a possible reason that people with Alzheimer’s disease experience sleep disruption, and the findings could help lead to earlier detection.
Shannon Macauley, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky, said her team found that amyloid plaques in the brain appear to trigger an immune response that disrupts restorative sleep.
Amyloid plaques are sticky clumps of protein that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease…