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Sleeptoprotectyourbrain
Date:

December31,2013

Source:

UppsalaUniversitet

Summary:

Anewstudyshowsthatonenightofsleepdeprivationincreasesmorningbloodconcentrationsof
NSEandS100Binhealthyyoungmen.Thesemoleculesaretypicallyfoundinthebrain.Thus,
theirriseinbloodaftersleeplossmayindicatethatalackofsnoozingmightbeconducivetoa
lossofbraintissue.

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AnewstudyfromUppsalaUniversity,Sweden,showsthatonenightofsleepdeprivation
increasesmorningbloodconcentrationsofNSEandS100Binhealthyyoungmen.
Thesemoleculesaretypicallyfoundinthebrain.Thus,theirriseinbloodaftersleeploss
mayindicatethatalackofsnoozingmightbeconducivetoalossofbraintissue.The
findingsarepublishedinthejournalSleep.
Fifteennormalweightmenparticipatedinthestudy.Inoneconditiontheyweresleepdeprivedforonenight,
whileintheotherconditiontheysleptforapproximately8hours.
"WeobservedthatanightoftotalsleeplosswasfollowedbyincreasedbloodconcentrationsofNSEandS
100B.Thesebrainmoleculestypicallyriseinbloodunderconditionsofbraindamage.Thus,ourresultsindicate
thatalackofsleepmaypromoteneurodegenerativeprocesses,"sayssleepresearcherChristianBenedictat
theDepartmentofNeuroscience,UppsalaUniversity,wholeadthestudy.
"Inconclusion,thefindingsofourtrialindicatethatagoodnight'ssleepmaybecriticalformaintainingbrain
health,"saysChristianBenedict.

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TheabovepostisreprintedfrommaterialsprovidedbyUppsalaUniversitet.Note:Contentmaybeeditedfor
styleandlength.

JournalReference:
1. BenedictCetal.Acutesleepdeprivationincreasesserumlevelsofneuronspecificenolase(NSE)
andS100calciumbindingproteinB(S100B)inhealthyyoungmen.SLEEP,December2013

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