No phenotypic or genotypic evidence for a link between sleep duration and brain atrophy

Short sleep is held to cause poorer brain health, but is short sleep associated with higher rates of brain structural decline? Analysing 8,153 longitudinal MRIs from 3,893 healthy adults, we found no evidence for an association between sleep duration and brain atrophy. In contrast, cross-sectional a...

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Main Authors: Fjell, AM, Sørensen, Ø, Wang, Y, Amlien, IK, Baaré, WFC, Bartrés-Faz, D, Bertram, L, Boraxbekk, C-J, Brandmaier, AM, Demuth, I, Drevon, CA, Ebmeier, KP, Ghisletta, P, Kievit, R, Kühn, S, Skak Madsen, K, Mowinckel, AM, Nyberg, L, Sexton, CE, Solé-Padullés, C, Vidal-Piñeiro, D, Wagner, G, Watne, LO, Walhovd, KB
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023