Posts Tagged "sleep deprivation"
Many people think of their sleeping bodies as if they were cars parked for the night--motionless, engines off, headlights dimmed. But sleep is an amazingly complex state of being. As we sleep, muscles tense and relax. Pulse, temperature and blood pressure rise and fall. Chemicals crucial...
Millions of people are affected by sleep deprivation (SD), a condition that has now been found can lead to memory loss and learning problems.
Scientists from The University of Pennsylvania reported in Nature, discovered that SD in mice affected a molecular pathway in the hippocampus, a region deep inside the brain...
