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Sleep tight! Researchers identify the beneficial role of sleep: Sleep increases chromosome dynamics that clear out DNA damage accumulated during waking hours
- March 08, 2019
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Why do animals sleep? Why do humans 'waste' a third of their lives sleeping? Researchers now reveal a novel and unexpected function of sleep that they believe could explain how sleep and sleep disturbances affect brain performance, aging and various brain disorders. Using 3D time-lapse imaging techniques in live zebrafish, they were able to define sleep in a single chromosome resolution and show that single neurons require sleep in order to perform nuclear maintenance.
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"Sleep tight! Researchers identify the beneficial role of sleep: Sleep increases chromosome dynamics that clear out DNA damage accumulated during waking hours", MachPrinciple, March 08, 2019, https://machprinciple.com/post/Sleep-tight-Researchers-identify-the-beneficial-role-of-sleep-Sleep-increases-chromosome-dynamics-that-clear-out-DNA-damage-accumulated-during-waking-hours
