How Sleep Deprivation is Affecting Your BRAIN

You know that awful feeling when you're awake, your brain is confused, your body is tired, and you can literally fall asleep anywhere.

In our modern, fast-paced society, finding a night of rest is becoming increasingly common. And while you might think that a regular cup of coffee or the occasional energy drink will cure you of fatigue,

But now scientists are discovering that lack of sleep can have a much more serious effect on your body than you think

So why do we sleep ?

practically every living thing on earth sleeps it is an essential process for our continued survival although it may seem that sleep is simply the time for our body is to shut off reality, it couldn't be more different, there are two the most important ways we sleep, our physical and mental health.

While we sleep our bodies need time to repair and rejuvenate and to allow the cells to prepare for the activities to come, the brain uses this time to review all information gathered throughout the day to process and decide what is important and needs to be preserved, and what is otherwise unimportant, the brain physically repairs itself when neurons in the brain are replaced by two different types of glial cells, often used as the support structure of the nervous system can be viewed, refreshed and renewed

Microglial cells are responsible for cleaning out aged neurons in a process known as phagocytosis.

This is Greek and means "devourment" of another type of glial cell. astrocytes switched synapses versus connected neurons to ensure their structure is as efficient as possible, so and when we don't get enough sleep, a study in Italy examined the brains of mammals while they slept.

Wow, of them were sleep deprived, and they found clear similarities between what was happening during sleep. The brain's deprived glial cells continued to function, but at a rapid and seemingly uncontrollable rate. Their experiments included four test groups of mice. The first group served as controls and were able to sleep normally,

the second group reported that woke up from sleep at regular intervals, presented wow,

the third group presented lack of sleep and could not sleep for another eight hours, and

the fourth Group represented chronic sleep deprived and could not sleep for five consecutive days, researchers did not look at activity Of astrocyte cells, they saw activity in 5.7% of the synapses that were well rested, and spontaneously accounted for 7.3% of the synapses in brains, but they were brains exposed to sleep that surprised scientists the most, in which these cells, astrocytes, appeared. It took on a new role and began behaving like microglial cells in , actually engulfing synapses rather than remodeling them into its dormant synapses, and chronic insomniac loops he saw in 13.5% of them. the older one, which isn't necessarily a bad thing in the short term. This process can help remove harmful contaminants and remove worn out connections and allow everything new to thrive, but on

it's a long-term problem as uncontrolled microbial activity has been seen with Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative associated with brain diseases.

This could explain why lack of sleep seems to make people more susceptible to these diseases. Also, there are many other health issues that can arise from not getting enough sleep. You can begin. You have memory problems, body aches and headaches and irritability you are at increased risk of diabetes and depression, your blood pressure may rise and you may get sick more often and you may even have hallucinations to sum it up although it is something we all do do, and quite frankly, we can't live without protection The brain from a sleepless night

Research continues to show that sleep disorders are linked to many other medical conditions, confirming how important it is for us today to get a good night's sleep , and getting older may be more important than ever but we must try or it could have serious consequences for our health in the future