Sleep architecture and the risk of incident dementia in the community

Conclusions:
Despite contemporary interest in slow-wave sleep and dementia pathology, our findings implicate REM sleep mechanisms as predictors of clinical dementia.

Source: Neurology - September 18, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Pase, M. P., Himali, J. J., Grima, N. A., Beiser, A. S., Satizabal, C. L., Aparicio, H. J., Thomas, R. J., Gottlieb, D. J., Auerbach, S. H., Seshadri, S. Tags: All Sleep Disorders, All Cognitive Disorders/Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Cognitive aging, Cohort studies ARTICLE Source Type: research