No sleep means no new brain cells

Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study has suggested.

The work on rats, by a team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories.

I must go to sleep now! Need more brain cells for tomorrow’s work :-)

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1 Response to “No sleep means no new brain cells”


  1. 1 Rajesh

    ………ahhhh..

    It means I’ve max. brain cells Inventory…. coz i sleep a lot…. I’m lovin it…

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