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 Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: No sleep means no new brain cells |
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No sleep means no new brain cells
Missing out on rest could harm brain cell production
Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study has suggested.
The work on rats, by a team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories.
The research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science showed a stress hormone causes the effect.
A UK expert said it would be interesting to see if too little rather than no sleep had the same consequence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6347043.stm |
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