PhillyVoice Interviews Dr. Silvia Fossati about New Animal Study on Sedative in Certain Sleep Drugs and How It May Affect Brain Function Believed to Be Key in Preventing Dementia

PhillyVoice interviewed Silvia Fossati, PhD, Associate Professor of Neural Sciences and Interim Director of the Alzheimer’s Center at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, about a new animal study published in the journal Cell which found Zolpidem, the sedative in Ambien and other sleep drugs, may adversely affect a brain function believed to be key in preventing dementia. Dr. Fossati was not involved in the study.