Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?

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Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?

Post by wolewyck » Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:09 am

Although not addressing apnea specifically, here is another study on the importance of getting those Zs...

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavi ... rainwasher

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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?

Post by chunkyfrog » Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:13 am

Maybe our sleep phases are a manifestation of "lather, rinse, repeat".

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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?

Post by JDS74 » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:08 am

Here is another article on this issue.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare ... ders/42365

BTW lay people (that's us) can sign up for MedPage Today to receive notifications regarding medical conditions and it's free.

See also
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonology/SleepDisorders/

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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?

Post by SleepyToo2 » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:24 pm

wolewyck wrote:Although not addressing apnea specifically, here is another study on the importance of getting those Zs...

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavi ... rainwasher
My question, not answered here, is whether apnea is more than a blockage of the airway? Is it also a blockage of the brain drain that cleans out all the garbage overnight? Does that accumulated stuff account for why we have brain fog? Science is fascinating!

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Re: Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?

Post by Goofproof » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:17 pm

Is Sleep Apnea, the same as Spin Dry on the brain or is XPAP treatment just Blow Dry! Jim
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