A bump on the head or late to bed: behavioral and pathophysiological effects of sleep deprivation after repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in adolescent rats - Salberg S, Christensen J, Yamakawa GR, Lengkeek C, Malik H, Tabor J, Hazari A, Mychasiuk R.

An old wives' tale, and strongly held dogma, maintains that one should be kept awake after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) to prevent a coma. This, however, conflicts with the known benefits of sleep: repair and restoration. We therefore sought to exa...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news