Preventing Memory Deficits from Sleep Deprivation (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Preventing Memory Deficits from Sleep Deprivation

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It is thought that sleep facilitates the production of proteins (represented by bricks) required for memory (left). Scientists report that sleep deprivation reduces protein production in the mouse brain (middle). When protein production is increased in the hippocampus region of the brain (green), the negative effect of sleep deprivation on memory was averted (right).

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