Sleep deprivation studies involve depriving healthy research volunteers of sleep to examine short-term physiological changes that could trigger disease. These studies have shown that sleep deprivation is associated with increased stress markers, such as increased blood pressure, impaired control of blood glucose, and increased inflammation.

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

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

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• inflammation concept
• sleep deprivation concept
• blood glucose concept
• blood pressure concept