Sleep’s memory role discovered
By James Gallagher, Health and science reporter,
BBC News, June 5th, 2014
The mechanism by which a good night’s sleep improves learning and memory has been discovered by scientists.
The team in China and the US used advanced microscopy to witness new connections between brain cells – synapses – forming during sleep.
Their study, published in the journal Science, showed even intense training could not make up for lost sleep.
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