Sleep is for Life: an Essential Part of Everyday Life

Journal Title: Online Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 4

Abstract

Sleep is essential for basic survival as well as for optimal physical and cognitive performance in both human beings and animals. Sleep is a normal human function that is detrimental to sustaining life yet; individuals are affected differently by their sleep schedule. However, the community at large often underestimates sleep and its importance, therefore leading people to not be as concerned with a proper night’s sleep, thereby preventing them from performing at peak efficiency. Sleep plays a vital role in learning and when a person fails to obtain enough sleep the night prior, neurons in the brain might not fire properly, the body becomes out of synch, and it can even lead to accidental physical injuries. As many studies have been conducted, the majority have seemed to come to similar conclusions: a lack of sleep can have detrimental side effects on the human mind and body and by regularly obtaining enough sleep each night; a person can function more efficiently. Sleep is one of the great unsolved mysteries of biology. Actually a large part of the population spends one third of his life asleep, it is therefore not surprising that this phenomenon has always been a great fascination for humanity. It is an important physiological process responsible for the physical, mental and emotional health of a living being. A good sleep is one of the most satisfying human experiences with a role to play in maintaining a good mood and cognitive acuity as well as in promoting physiologic balance and resilience [1]. Sleep is a regular physiological state of natural life and is observed in majority of organisms [2]. Sleep is a naturally persistent reversible state of rest state characterized by reduced or absence of consciousness, suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of voluntary muscles.

Authors and Affiliations

Maheep Bhatnagar, Reena Chittora

Keywords

Related Articles

Bruxism and Enuresis: Common Entities But Understood

In the population in general, but especially in Paediatrics, there are a couple of sleep disorders that deserve different attention, due to the lack of medical culture to address them, these two conditions are bruxism an...

Assessment of Genetic Mutations in WFS1 & CISD2 in Wolfram Syndrome Human

In this study we have analyzed 30 people. 10 patients Wolfram syndrome and 20 persons control group. The genes WFS1 and CISD2, analyzed in terms of genetic mutations made. In this study, people who have genetic mutations...

Distribution of Multilayered Fiber Terminals in the Human Cerebellar Cortex. Visualization by Immunohistochemistry for Histamine

The distribution of histamine in the human cerebellar cortex was studied by light microscope immunohistochemistry using a rabbit polyclonal antibody anti-histamine. In all layers of the cerebellar cortex, were revealed p...

Rett Syndrome

Rett sindrome is a severe neuro developmental disorder that is a leading cause of mental retardation in females, characterized by an apparently normal psycho motor development through the first 6 months of life, followed...

Mindset Kinetics and Crime Behavior- Quantitative Methods? A New Forensic Quantitative Approach. How Biochemistry, Toxicology, Imaging Principle Can Help in Jurisdictional Settings

In some non-voluntary crime is crucial verify the amygdala and limbic system physio-pathology of human responsible of the facts under a Jurisdictional contest. But is relevant to verify this condition in really objective...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP594644
  • DOI 10.32474/OJNBD.2018.01.000118
  • Views 81
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Maheep Bhatnagar, Reena Chittora (2018). Sleep is for Life: an Essential Part of Everyday Life. Online Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders, 1(4), 65-67. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-594644