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Nick Gibbs

Mice study links sleep apnoea and dementia

Researchers led by Professor Elizabeth Coulson are studying links between sleep apnoea and dementia. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The discovery of a causal link between a lack of oxygen to the brain during sleep in mice and Alzheimer's disease has lessons for humans, researchers say.

Having developed a way to induce sleep-disrupted breathing in mice, researchers at The University of Queensland saw displays of "exacerbated pathological features of Alzheimer's disease".

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