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Sound sleep plays a crucial role in healing traumatic brain injuries
Sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury, a new study of military veterans suggests.
The study, published in the
Journal of Neurotrauma, used a new technique involving magnetic resonance imaging developed at Oregon Health & Science University. Researchers used MRI to evaluate the enlargement of perivascular spaces that surround blood vessels in the brain. Enlargement of these spaces occurs in aging and is associated with the development of dementia.
Among veterans in the study, those who slept poorly had more evidence of these enlarged spaces and more post-concussive symptoms.
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Getting a sound sleep at night is extremely important for one s overall health, and now another benefit of a good night s sleep has come to light. A new study has found that sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury.
The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Neurotrauma . The study used a new technique involving magnetic resonance imaging developed at Oregon Health and Science University. Researchers used MRI to evaluate the enlargement of perivascular spaces that surround blood vessels in the brain. Enlargement of these spaces occurs in aging and is associated with the development of dementia.
Study suggests sound sleep could heal traumatic brain injuries
Study suggests sound sleep could heal traumatic brain injuries
WASHINGTON (US): Getting a sound sleep at night is extremely important for one’s overall health, and now another benefit of a good night’s sleep has come to light. A new study has found that sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury.
The findings of the study were published in the ‘Journal of Neurotrauma’. The study used a new technique involving magnetic resonance imaging developed at Oregon Health and Science University.
Researchers used MRI to evaluate the enlargement of perivascular spaces that surround blood vessels in the brain. Enlargement of these spaces occurs in aging and is associated with the development of dementia.