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monological | 2 years ago

Main reason is due to purging of β-amyloid by the glymphatic system, which seems to happen during deep sleep. High β-amyloid plaque build up is correlated with Alzheimer’s disease.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698404/

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Tarq0n|2 years ago

The causal relationship between amyloid plaque and alzheimers is controversial nowadays.

monological|2 years ago

It's not "casual". Did you read the paper I linked?