Preliminary analysis reveals links between visual attention, sleep duration, and neural recruitment in Alzheimer's disease
Maggie P Rempe, Seth D Springer, Grant M Garrison, Ryan J Glesinger, Hannah J Okelberry, Aubrie J Petts, Christine M Embury, Tony W Wilson · 2025
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Maggie P Rempe and co-authors report early findings on sleep, attention, and brain activity in Alzheimer's disease in a 2025 study. Poor sleep is tied both to the disease and to weak visual attention. The team asked how the two combine. Thirty-three people took part: ten patients with biomarker proof of disease and twenty-three healthy older adults.
Participants did a visual search task while a magnetic scanner read their brain waves. They also wore a wrist tracker for two weeks to log sleep. Patients with shorter sleep responded more slowly on the hard search trials. Brain responses in a key attention area were weaker in patients on those trials. Sleep length also changed how strongly some rear brain areas joined the task. The authors call the results a first step.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maggie P Rempe, Seth D Springer, Grant M Garrison, Ryan J Glesinger, Hannah J Okelberry, Aubrie J Petts, Christine M Embury, Tony W Wilson |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |