Autophagic impairment in sleep–wake circuitry is linked to sleep loss at the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease
These findings demonstrate the vulnerability of sleep-regulating neurons to proteostatic dysfunction and the sleep-autophagy linkage as an early, and treatable, Alzheimer's disease mechanism.
Authors
- Christopher D. Morrone
- Wai Haung Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7186-6731)
- Arielle A. Tsang
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Scarborough Health Network (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Molecular Neurodegeneration
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-025-00877-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.43