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Animal Study Suggests Inadequate Sleep May Exacerbate Cellular Aging In The Elderly

June 28th, 2008 Posted in Medical Information
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that the unfolded protein response, which is a reaction to stress induced by sleep deprivation, is impaired in the brains of old mice. The findings suggest that inadequate sleep in the elderly, who normally experience sleep disturbances, could exacerbate an already-impaired protective response to protein misfolding that happens in aging cells.
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