A Good Night's Sleep Helps to Promote Brain Health

Swedish scientists on Tuesday said they had found further evidence that good sleep habits help to promote the health of brain cells while lack of sleep may promote neurodegenerative processes. The clues come in two so-called biomarkers -- tell-tales of biological activity -- found in the blood of sleep-deprived young men. A team at Uppsala University recruited 15 healthy volunteers, and deprived them of sleep for a night or let them sleep for eight hours. ...