People with Down syndrome seen as candidates for Alzheimer’s research

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August 27, 2014
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People with Down syndrome seen as candidates for Alzheimer’s research
People with Down syndrome represent the world's largest population of individuals predisposed to getting Alzheimer's disease. Experts say that by age 40, 100 percent of individuals with Down syndrome have Alzheimer’s pathology in their brain, creating an opportunity for amlyoid research that could benefit knowledge of both diseases.

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Loss of brain cells may cause sleep trouble in seniors
Loss of certain brain cells may help explain why many seniors have trouble falling and staying asleep, a new study says. The newly published results from the Rush Memory and Aging Project suggest that older adults and people with Alzheimer's disease may have a substantial shrinkage in a section of the brain that the researchers call a "sleep switch," and this cell loss is associated with sleep problems. Sleep disruption in people with Alzheimer’s can be especially severe and may result in nighttime confusion and wandering.
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