Insomnia’s Effects on Nervous System Tassa Markman Megan Lagapa Tyler V. Schiller Richard Guanzon 4 TH PERIOD BIOLOGY
What is Insomnia? Insomnia: not a disease, but a symptom The difficulty to fall and/or stay asleep at night, or at all The person is unable to stay fully awake, concentrate or accomplish daily tasks
WTF does it do to the Nervous System? Sleep = regeneration of brain and body In certain states of rest, neuron regeneration happens within cerebral cortex and new memories, synaptic connections formed Without sleep, neurons might start to malfunction => brain is unable to receive and send new messages easily => body experiences cognitive (mental) difficulties
Symptoms and affected parts of brain Insomnia mainly affects central nervous system Temporal lobe: slurred speech Prefrontal lobe: Irritability, difficulty concentrating and focusing on daily tasks Parietal lobe: body begins to slow itself down to be in a state of rest (ex.: falling asleep in class) Losing 12 straight hours of sleep has same effect on the body as one to two alcoholic beverages
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