Stress and Sleep-What's the Connection?
Ok I know it could probably win the first prize in the contest "state the obvious" but still it is one thing to suspect something and another to prove it. In a research lead in the university of Tsukuba there were found neurons that connect sleep and emotions such as excitement or fear.
The experiments were conducted in mice. More specificly they were stimulation the GABA neurons in he bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
Noteworthy is that the stimulation of the neurons lead to sleep deprivation only if the mice weren't in the REM stage of sleep.
The mice that were in the REM stage seemed unaffected.
Here is the link: http://neurosciencenews.com/sleep-anxiety-7016/
Interesting. I've had sever insomnia since my Traumatic Brain Injury. They haven't found anything that can help me yet. I'm learning to live with it though, it's been half of my life after all lol The brain is quite a fascinating thing :) Keep up the good work
I usually just lay down in a comfortable position, focus on my breathing and just don't engage in the thinking process at all. Just try to see the "blackness" with my eyes closed. But then again I am in the lucky ones, it usually is too easy for me to fall asleep :P Thanks for the feedback :)
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