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Re:Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress ... by manmal on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @08:06AM (#31834955)
One possible explanation would be glymphatic system dysfunction (failure to clear “junk” during sleep): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34025481/

Pure speculation of course, but it seems possible that low quality sleep would impair this system.

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