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Allen Blaivas, M.D.

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posted 10/31/2008, comment (1)

The Function of Sleep Not Quite Explained

We finished the last blog in mid-thought. We were talking about REM sleep and the idea of brain plasticity- the rewiring of our brains that take place when we learn new information. A recent study in rats showed that 4 days of REM sleep deprivation decreased the amount of new cells in the part of the brain that is associated with... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/21/2008, comment (1)

Memory, Brain Function, and REM Sleep: Are They Related?

In my last blog we discussed at length the different stages of sleep, namely non-REM and REM, the biological need for sleep to stay alive, and started discussing what some researchers believe may be the function of some portions of non-REM sleep. We reviewed how there is some evidence linking declarative memory (memory of facts and figures)... Read more Chevron

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