Abstract INTRODUCTION Dreaming is subserved by the default mode network (DMN) and can be abolished by focal lesions within key regions. DMN dysfunction is promoted by pre‐clinical Alzheimer's pathology and apolipoprotein E ( APOE ) ε4 carriage, but any effects of these on dreaming are unknown. METHODS Associations between dream recall and APOE ε4 carriage and blood phosphorylated tau (p‐tau)...
Abstract Background Evidence suggests that dreaming is subserved by the default mode network (DMN) (Domhoff, 2022. The Neurocognitive Theory of Dreaming ). β‐amyloid plaques and phosphorylated tau ( p ‐tau) protein tangles accumulate and contribute to abnormal functionality in the DMN long before clinical Alzheimer's disease, and similarly early abnormal DMN functionality is shown by...