The Benefits of Sleep

An electron microscope was used to image synapses in the mouse brain.
Sleep makes our brain more efficient. NIMH study suggest that sleep streamlines neural connections, or synapses, making them more efficient. It likely restores homeostatic balance to energy resources spent by learning during wakefulness, say the researchers. Read more......

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