SLEEP DEPRIVATION CAN LEAD TO THE BRAIN ‘EATING ITSELF’, SAYS STUDY
Must get more sleep. OLIVIA BLAIR | Thursday 25 May 2017 08:28 BST | Independent.co.uk When you feel particularly exhausted, it can definitely feel like you are also lacking in brain capacity. Now, a new study has suggested this could be because chronic sleep deprivation can actually cause the brain to eat itself. New research, conducted by Michele Bellesi of the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy and published in the Journal of Neuroscience, analysed the brains of mice who had regular sleep, spontaneous wake, sleep deprivation and chronic sleep deprivation. Using block-face scanning software, the scientists measured the synapses and …
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