Could sleep apnea contribute to memory loss in patients with early signs of Alzheimer’s?
It’s possible, according to a new study out of France, published Wednesday in the medical journal Neurology. Researchers followed 122 adults around 69 years old from 2016 through 2020. None of them had memory problems to begin with. Twenty-six participants, however, had amyloid plaques, clumps of misfolded proteins that clog up the brain—a key feature of patients with Alzhemier’s disease, and an early sign of the disease.
