Tag: Sleep
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The provocative new theory that could explain aging and disease | Scientific American
Sleep is extraordinarily important to mitochondrial health. That may be a big part of what drives our need for it. Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford have recently found direct links between oxidative stress in the brain and the need to sleep. As neurons fire furiously over the course of the day, ROS can accumulate.…
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13 surprising reasons you’re always dog tired – and what to do about it | Sleep | The Guardian
While you sleep, your brain is putting in a shift. Dr Jemma King provides an analogy: “Imagine all the events that happen during the day get documented and put into a manila folder that’s stacked on the desk of your personal librarian, who works through the night, deciding what to keep and what to discard.…