Sleep Duration and White Matter Quality in Middle-Aged Adults

Conclusions:Short sleep duration was associated with worse markers of white matter integrity in midlife. These mid-life differences in white matter may underlie the link between poor sleep and risk of dementia and stroke.Citation:Yaffe K, Nasrallah I, Hoang TD, Lauderdale DS, Knutson KL, Carnethon MR, Launer LJ, Lewis CE, Sidney S. Sleep duration and white matter quality in middle-aged adults.SLEEP 2016;39(9):1743–1747.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research