In Los Angeles,a study was conducted on laboratory rats to show the importance of REM sleep (rapid eyes movement). From a health perspective, sleep is divided into 4 stages, during the period when we sleep we go through all these stages. REM sleep (ie sleep appearing rapid movements of eyeballs and during which dreams occur) is one of those stages.
The study was conducted on male rats that were artificially deprived of REM sleep,and it was used a control group of rats which weren't deprived of sleep. There was a drop of 63% of cell proliferation in the batch of rats which were deprived of sleep, compared with controls.
A conclusion was:after that 4 days of REM sleep deprivation leads to a decrease in cell proliferation in rats.
The people had a similar effect, with the mention that repeated REM sleep deprivation leads to a decrease in capacity of concentration and ultimately to depression.
The study was conducted only on REM sleep effects, such benefits should not being neglected at the other stages of sleep. People who suspect that he suffers from sleep disorder are advised to contact the family doctor or a doctor specializing in sleep problems.
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