Join the club for FREE to access the whole archive and other member benefits.

Sleep deprivation can lead to brain eating itself

25-May-2017

Key points from article :

Synapses and cell processes in the mice’s frontal cortex measured.

Astrocytes start breaking down more of the brain’s debris.

Could be the brain’s way of “cleaning” up old brain “debris”.

Chronic sleep restriction also led to increased signs of microglial activation.

The study was published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Mentioned in this article:

Click on resource name for more details.

Journal of Neuroscience

Weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal

Michele Bellesi

Research Fellow at University of Bristol.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Sleep