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Deep Sleep - Dr. Dan Pardi - Neuroscience

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What Is Sleep?

Sleep is something that happens across really all species that live on this planet. It's likely in response to the fact that our planet undergoes cycles of light and dark. There are some parts of the brain that are more active during sleep than at any other part of the day. We see a very clear relationship between sleep loss, whether it's from chronic sleep issues like sleep apnea or obstructives such as insomnia. The both sort of beginning of a disease, the advancement of a diseases, and even premature mortality can be caused by lack of sleep.

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