Tau Tangles Led to Disruption of Sleep Rhythms (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Tau Tangles Led to Disruption of Sleep Rhythms

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Greater levels of pathological tau protein, primarily in the brain's medial temporal lobe (orange and yellow at bottom in cross section of the brain), were associated with weaker synchrony of slow waves (red) and sleep spindles (orange), two brain waves important for storing memories while we sleep.

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UC Berkeley image by Matthew Walker and Joseph Winer

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