What missing too much sleep might be doing to your body

Sleep is important to health, said Charles Morin, the Canada research chair in sleep disorders at Laval University and president of the World Sleep Society. WATCH: Dr. Charles Samuels from the University of Calgary discusses the importance of sleep for our health

The sleeping brain may also play an important role in learning and memory, he said. READ MORE: World’s largest sleep study shows too much sleep as bad as too little

While trials showing this have so far mostly been done in mice – it’s much harder to examine synapses when you can’t do an autopsy of the brain – Lim thinks it’s clear that poor sleep makes it harder for you to learn.

Source: globalnews.ca