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Sleep Loss Can Cause Brain Damage
Ben Locke
03/20/2014 03:58 PM
03/20/2014 04:02 PM
(CNN) -- A new study finds that lack of sleep due to shift work is causing irreversible brain damage.
Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience details the concerning news for people who work outside of normal work hours, like truck drivers or doctors on the graveyard shift.
It found that the long-term sleep deprivation suffered by people working these hours takes power away from the brain, even if you are able to catch up on sleep, and kills brain cells.
The bundle of nerves in the brain, which is associated with alertness and cognitive function, had lots of damage.
The potential end goal is to develop a medicine that could help people cope with odd work hours.
Ben Locke
03/20/2014 03:58 PM
03/20/2014 04:02 PM
(CNN) -- A new study finds that lack of sleep due to shift work is causing irreversible brain damage.
Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience details the concerning news for people who work outside of normal work hours, like truck drivers or doctors on the graveyard shift.
It found that the long-term sleep deprivation suffered by people working these hours takes power away from the brain, even if you are able to catch up on sleep, and kills brain cells.
The bundle of nerves in the brain, which is associated with alertness and cognitive function, had lots of damage.
The potential end goal is to develop a medicine that could help people cope with odd work hours.
