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AAN 2025 | The role of sleep in brain health and its potential in preventive neurology
Ambra Stefani, MD, PhD, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, comments on the importance of sleep in maintaining brain health. Dr Stefani highlights the growing understanding of the link between sleep and neurodegeneration, as well as other conditions, and emphasizes the potential for sleep health to play a key role in preventive neurology. This interview took place at the 77th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
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We talk a lot about brain health. It’s a hot topic, luckily. We know that sleep is also one pillar of brain health. This is just a review article analyzing the relevance of sleep for brain health and the link between sleep and neurodegeneration and other conditions. And we know also that through the effect of the lymphatic system and other mechanisms that we really need sleep for maintaining brain health and also moving hopefully into the near future to more preventive neurology...
We talk a lot about brain health. It’s a hot topic, luckily. We know that sleep is also one pillar of brain health. This is just a review article analyzing the relevance of sleep for brain health and the link between sleep and neurodegeneration and other conditions. And we know also that through the effect of the lymphatic system and other mechanisms that we really need sleep for maintaining brain health and also moving hopefully into the near future to more preventive neurology. I believe that sleep health will gain more relevance also in the context of brain health and prevention of brain diseases.
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