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To date, most sleep deprivation studies have focused on acute sleep deprivation, suggesting that acute sleep deprivation can cause significant damage to cognitive, emotional, and physical functions and brain mechanisms. [11] Few studies have compared the effects of acute total sleep deprivation and chronic partial sleep restriction. [8]
Acute sleep deprivation refers to short-term sleep loss, typically lasting a few days or less. It occurs for many reasons, including stress, illness, travel or lifestyle choices. While the impact ...
Many of acute sleep deprivation's effects can be countered by napping, the longer the more beneficial. [57] Some industries, particularly the Fire Service, have traditionally allowed workers to sleep while on duty, between calls for service.
In most literature, sleep deprivation is further categorized into either acute sleep deprivation or chronic partial sleep deprivation. Chronic partial sleep deprivation is a form of sleep deprivation caused when one obtains some but inadequate sleep. Acute sleep deprivation is more widely known as the scenario in which one is awake for 24 hours ...
Observations have been made that there is an association between stress, sleep, and Interleukin-6 proposing a possible mechanism for sleep changes. During both chronic and acute phase sleep deprivation, there are increases in the pro-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin-6 (IL-6).
Animals studies showed that sleep deprivation prior to a brain injury might have healthy effects. Five days of complete sleep deprivation in rats before the traumatic brain injury, acted as protection against ischemic injury [21] and a habitual deceased in total amount of sleep time before TBI reduced the severity. [22]
Sleep deprivation is the second most common trigger of seizures. [15] In some cases, it has been responsible for the only seizure a person ever has. [41] However, the reason for which sleep deprivation can trigger a seizure is unknown. One possible thought is that the amount of sleep one gets affects the amount of electrical activity in one's ...
Sleep disturbances often occur before the onset of psychosis. Sleep deprivation can also produce hallucinations, delusions and depression. [26] A 2019 study investigated the three above-mentioned sleep disturbances in schizophrenia-spectrum (SCZ) and bipolar (BP) disorders in 617 SCZ individuals, 440 BP individuals, and 173 healthy controls (HC).