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The brain's first responders to Alzheimer's plaques might be stealing your sleep

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Microglial cells are like firefighters rushing to a building fire, but their frantic response — not just the fire itself — is what keeps you awake and adds injury to insult.

This means treating Alzheimer's might require calming down the immune overreaction, not just removing plaques, opening new avenues for sleep restoration in early-stage disease.

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