Poor sleep leads to an increase in the production of cortisol, which is known as the stress hormone.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Harvard Medical School
  Why Sleep Matters: Consequences of Sleep Deficiency

Sources

• Why Sleep Matters: Consequences of Sleep Deficiency sleep.hms.harvard.edu Harvard Medical School via serper

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• poor sleep quality concept
• stress hormones concept
• cortisol concept