Sleep deprivation in mice found to reduce brain synapse diversity

A multi-disciplinary team has found that depriving lab mice of sleep can lead to a reduction in synapse diversity in the brain. In their study, published on the open-access site Current Biology, the group compared the brains of mice that were allowed normal amounts of sleep with others who were kept awake for an extra six hours.

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