Tired neurons caught nodding off in sleep-deprived rats

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

A new study in rats is shedding light on how sleep-deprived lifestyles might impair functioning without people realizing it. The more rats are sleep-deprived, the more some of their neurons take catnaps -- with consequent declines in task perfo...

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