A recent study links disrupted sleep to accelerated brain aging

A recent study conducted by the Universities of Nottingham and Birmingham, UK, revealed that poor sleep quality and interrupted sleep are linked to accelerated brain aging.

The researchers involved in the study, which was published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, used multiple imaging techniques to explore how the brain relates to aging and sleep problems.

The study included 50 healthy, healthy, 65-year-old older volunteers who underwent a two-week comprehensive sleep metrics assessment using charts and wrist-worn devices to monitor sleep-wake patterns and self-assess their sleep quality prior to undergoing an MRI session.

The researchers discovered that with age and participants suffering from sleep problems such as poor quality sleep or fragmented sleep, there was a decrease in gray matter and white matter microstructure, highlighting the potential impact of sleep disorders on brain aging, while the brain appeared about two years older than it was. actual age.

The findings also suggest the potential of a behavioral intervention to combat the effects of insufficient sleep on the aging brain.