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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molecular changes
Oct
30
2009
University of Penn researchers find way to reverse cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation
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Did you ever argue with your mother when she told you to get some sleep instead of pulling an all-nighter to study for a major exam? If you did, you should apologize to her, even now — years later — because she was right!. Scientists are just now beginning to understand why.
Research findings published by Marcos Frank, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, describe how cellular changes in the sleseping brain promote the formation of memories.
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