Somatosensory Cortex Response to Pain Following Sleepless Night (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Somatosensory Cortex Response to Pain Following Sleepless Night

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Activity in the brain's somatosensory cortex, which receives pain signals, increased 126 percent following a sleepless night vs. a full night of sleep.

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Graphic courtesy of Matthew Walker and Adam Krause

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