For thousands of years before humans harnessed electricity and created light bulbs, people rose and slept based the sun. This seems to be the natural rhythm humans were designed to follow.
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brain function
Jun
28
2011
Insufficient sleep isn’t a ‘badge of honor’
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Oct
30
2009
University of Penn researchers find way to reverse cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation
A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation.
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Neuroscience researchers at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, located in Singapore, have shown for the first time what happens to the visual perceptions of healthy but sleep-deprived volunteers who fight to stay awake, like people who try to drive through the night.
This study has implications for a whole range of people who have to struggle through night work, from truckers to on-call doctors.
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