These findings provide some evidence that reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) may contribute to brain atrophy, thereby increasing the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD).

The parietal lobe is one of the brain’s major lobes. It sits near the upper back area in the skull. The lobe processes sensory information received from the outside world, mainly relating to touch, ...

New findings relating to the clinical, genetic and molecular bases of neurodegenerative disorders have led to a shift away from traditional nomenclatures of clinical syndromes. Historically, ...