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Neurodegeneration: Paying It Off with Sleep

A new study in fruit flies suggests modulation of neural activity links sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. Both sleep loss and amyloid beta increase neural excitability, which reinforces the accumulation of amyloid beta and shortens lifespan.

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Published in:Curr Biol
Main Authors: Keene, Alex C., Joiner, William J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381801/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25784043
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.003
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