Brain responds same to acute and chronic sleep loss

Monday, August 9, 2010 - 15:35 in Health & Medicine

Burning the candle at both ends for a week may take an even bigger toll than you thought. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that five nights of restricted sleep--four hours a night--affect the brain in a way similar to that seen after acute total sleep deprivation.

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