Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Taking longer to fall into REM—the dream stage of sleep—is linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found.REM sleep is essential for learning and ...
A new study showed that people who took longer to enter this dream phase of sleep had higher levels of amyloid beta and tau, ...
The finding may open a whole new world in the study of Alzheimer's disease, said biophysicist Aneta Stefanovska.
Prolonged rapid eye movement sleep latency may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according ...