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All Things Sleep, the Circadian Clock of Cells and Hormones of Darkness w/ Dr. Judith Owens

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Sleep Is Important for Brain Function

Up until the age of two, children spend more time asleep than they spend awake. We know that sleep affects things like the brain's ity to recover from injury. The glymphatic system in the brain only operates during sleep. Every cell in the body has circadian clocksa and those have to be synchronized with each other.

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