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by pedalpete 415 days ago
That is super interesting, as is the relationship between choline and sleep. With restorative sleep function, and specifically slow-wave activity, considered to be a significant driver of AD.

https://www.jarlife.net/3844-choline-sleep-disturbances-and-...

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And then this ties to estrogen, HRT is known to reduce the risk of dementia/AD (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10480684/).

PEMT (phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase) is what makes choline in the body, but it depends on estrogen.(https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3020773/)

Yeah, part of my work is in dementia with slow-wave sleep enhancement, and we're putting together a menopause study hopefully to start in 2026.