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Link between memory loss and sleep in older people

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    Dr. Nina Radcliff weighs in on new study

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Want to know how well your brain will work down the road well there's a brand new study shedding more light.

Of what may be the cause for memory loss in older folks.

The researchers found the structural brain changes that occur naturally over time.

And interfere with sleep quality.

-- that lack of sleep.

Could hurt your brain's ability to store memories.

Second you -- is a practicing physician she's also an anesthesiologist.

She puts people to sleep and wakes them up.

For a living dot thanks for being here let me ask you that this study says that consolidation.

Is very important it happen.

-- -- while we're sleeping what -- it absolutely let me start racing husbands can now use this as an excuse as to why they forgot to take the trash out they didn't get a good night's sleep.

While we -- sleeping on the brain is actually working and it's working on over time to consolidate memories and what this means is that.

Things that we encountered during the -- consciously or subconsciously get processed and -- fifteen.

Networks to frameworks within the brain else gets sorted based upon some common patterns.

And the -- -- stored and downloaded similar to win back up your computer.

It's a process that rule store all the memory that you need to happen so let's say you're not a good sleeper absolutely.

How how bad -- shape you written.

Know what they've been showing is that on the brain basically functions on delta where eastern -- -- sleep and normally -- right now we're talking -- -- an alpha and beat Airways which are.

Fast low voltage.

-- -- When addicted could -- levels sleep this delta always were it's slow and it's a high amplitude.

And that's a time when this memory consolidation occurs so you're not getting -- sleep you're not reaching your delta wings and you're not getting rid consolidation of your memory.

Have to ask you this question because so many millions of Americans take sleeping aids both over the counter and also prescription.

When you get into that level of sleep how was your brain working.

Absolutely and that's the problem with these medications can do to you simply did not -- those delta ways that we talk about which is the quality sleep that you need for this consolidation.

And what's happening is with elderly people -- having brain atrophy in the pre frontal cortex and they're showing that that is related to sleep.

Quality and so -- -- and some studies have shown that if you accept the current onto the brain and you're able to deliver these delta -- this week.

That what they're seeing -- is an improvement in memory card to get a good night's -- absolutely Jack thanks good to thank you very nice -- direct clip for us today John.

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