Sleep disruption in Alzheimer's disease

Being awake at night and dozing during the day can be a distressing early symptom of Alzheimer's disease, but how the disease disrupts our biological clocks to cause these symptoms has remained elusive.Now, scientists from Cambridge have discovered that in fruit flies with Alzheimer's the biological clock is still ticking but has become uncoupled from the sleep-wake cycle it usually regulates. The findings - published in Disease Models & Mechanisms - could help develop more effective ways to improve sleep patterns in people with the disease. via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..