Stress and dream sleep are linked to pathways of brain cell death and survival

(University of Surrey) The first and most distinct consequence of daily mild stress is an increase in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, a new study in the journal PNAS reports. The research also demonstrated that this increase is associated with genes involved in cell death and survival.

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