Study Suggests Disrupted Sleep Patterns , Could Lead to Cognitive Decline.<br />New research suggests that heightened <br />variability in sleep patterns can significantly <br />impact cognitive impairment in old age.<br />PsyPost reports that there is already <br />a well-established association between <br />dementia and sleep disruption.<br />Recent studies have suggested that sleep <br />disruption might contribute to the pathological <br />processes responsible for developing dementia.<br />Recent studies have suggested that sleep <br />disruption might contribute to the pathological <br />processes responsible for developing dementia.<br />The new study looked to achieve a more comprehensive <br />understanding of how changes in sleep patterns <br />might impact cognitive health over time.<br />The new study looked to achieve a more comprehensive <br />understanding of how changes in sleep patterns <br />might impact cognitive health over time.<br />Our lab studies a new function of sleep <br />that has been characterized over the last <br />ten years – that during sleep the brain <br />shifts into a kind of ‘cleaning mode,’ <br />clearing away wastes that accumulate <br />through the course of the waking day, Jeffrey Iliff, Study author professor of psychiatry and <br />behavioral sciences, and of neurology at the University <br />of Washington School of Medicine, via PsyPost.<br />Our work has shown that an <br />impairment of this process appears <br />to be one of the factors that may make <br />the aging and injured brain vulnerable <br />to the processes leading to conditions <br />like Alzheimer’s disease. , Jeffrey Iliff, Study author professor of psychiatry and <br />behavioral sciences, and of neurology at the University <br />of Washington School of Medicine, via PsyPost.<br />We wanted to start working with local <br />clinical studies to evaluate possible <br />linkages between poor sleep earlier <br />in life, and the development of cognitive <br />impairment in the decades to follow. , Jeffrey Iliff, Study author professor of psychiatry and <br />behavioral sciences, and of neurology at the University <br />of Washington School of Medicine, via PsyPost.<br />We wanted to start working with local <br />clinical studies to evaluate possible <br />linkages between poor sleep earlier <br />in life, and the development of cognitive <br />impairment in the decades to follow. , Jeffrey Iliff, Study author professor of psychiatry and <br />behavioral sciences, and of neurology at the University <br />of Washington School of Medicine, via PsyPost.<br />That is what led us to our initial <br />collaboration with the longstanding <br />Seattle Longitudinal Study, Jeffrey Iliff, Study author professor of psychiatry and <br />behavioral sciences, and of neurology at the University <br />of Washington School of Medicine, via PsyPost.<br />The team's findings were published in <br />the journal 'JAMA Network Open.'.<br />PsyPost suggests that the findings still need <br />a more comprehensive evaluation of long-term sleep<br />behavior to fully understand the link between age, <br />sleep disruption and cognitive degeneration. .<br />PsyPost suggests that the findings still need <br />a more comprehensive evaluation of long-term sleep<br />behavior to fully understand the link between age, <br />sleep disruption and cognitive degeneration.
