Increased Sleep Helps With Brain Health
Getting sleep is one of the most treasured experiences for people of all ages. Research by Swedish scientists on Thursday though have research pointing to those who get more sleep generally have better brain health. This news will be great for those who love their sleep.
The research released
on Thursday pointed to the 15 volunteers that were picked to be part of the
sleep and brain functionality study. The researchers had them experience sleep
and then take it away, and found that the brain actually functions much
differently with sleep added.
Sleep & Brain Study Findings
In the Swedish study,
the fifteen volunteers at the Uppsala University were deprived sleep for a
night. Another group was allowed to sleep for eight hours, the recommended
amount of sleep for adults around the world. Those who got the sleep actually
had better brain activity and chemicals triggering in the brain.
Without sleep, the
volunteers brain showed an increase of signature molecules which caused the
volunteers to have lessened rest and activities the following day. Those who
got the sleep actually performed better and the research showed to be critical
for maintaining proper brain health in the body.
Proteins In The Brain
Additionally, in the
study that was published in the specialist journal Sleep, showed that sleep
helped with increasing the cleansing of cellular waste from the brain, which
allows the brain to properly function properly the next day. By clearing out
the cellular waste in the mind, the brain can properly recharge for the
following day.
Links to the brain,
sleep, and Alzheimer’s were also discussed in the study. The detrius in the
brain has a protein that when accumulated, has been linked to Alzheimer’s
disease, and by cleansing the cellular waste can lessen the risks of getting
the disease. By getting more sleep during the night, the brain can rid itself
of this protein and then clear itself out, and thus not accumulate.
The latest research
surrounding proteins that add up in the brain and can possibly cause
Alzheimer’s disease has been in the news of late. This among a number of other
research studies shows that brain activity and the proteins in the mind are
very important as we get older, and sleep might be the best cure for survival.
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