Sleep aid blocks neurodegeneration in mice (IMAGE)

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Sleep aid blocks neurodegeneration in mice

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A new study by WashU Medicine researchers suggests that lemborexant and sleep aids that work the same way could help treat or prevent damage caused by harmful buildup of the protein tau in multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Shown are cross-sections of brain tissue from two mice genetically prone to tau accumulation. Treatment with lemborexant (right) results in larger volume in the hippocampus (central purple spiral), important for memory, and a smaller gap in brain tissue (white space) compared with no treatment (left).

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