Nat Rev Neurosci July 2017 PMID 28515433

The sleep-deprived human brain.

Adam J Krause, Eti Ben Simon, Bryce A Mander, Stephanie M Greer, Jared M Saletin, Andrea N Goldstein-Piekarski, Matthew P Walker

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Sleep deprivation impacts brain functions beyond just the lack of sleep, involving factors like extended wakefulness and its effects on attention, memory, emotions, and hippocampal learning.
Neuroimaging studies highlight how sleep loss can impair cognitive abilities such as attention and working memory while also affecting emotional regulation and brain areas involved in learning and memory.
Understanding these effects helps us grasp the mechanisms behind cognitive and emotional changes due to sleep deprivation, providing insights relevant to clinical conditions linked to sleep disruption.]

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