Short sleep and nocturnal hypertension: A combined risk for neuronal damage

AAIC 2025 Abstract

Abstract

Background: The relationship between short sleep duration and increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk remains equivocal. Disturbed sleep can lead to nocturnal hypertension, where the normal blood pressure (BP) dip during sleep (a dip in BP≥10% from daytime levels) is abolished, or in severe cases, reversed.

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