SLEEP DEPRIVATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep deprivation mean? 

• SLEEP DEPRIVATION (noun)
  The noun SLEEP DEPRIVATION has 1 sense:

1. a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep

  Familiarity information: SLEEP DEPRIVATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEEP DEPRIVATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sleep deprivation" is a kind of...):

torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)

 Context examples 

The authors say the findings can be used to identify who is most at risk for the negative effects of sleep deprivation, and thus should receive medical assistance to prevent those effects.

(Why Lack of Sleep Affects Some More Than Others, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Our analysis precisely reports how effective sleep deprivation is and in which populations it should be administered."

(Sleep Deprivation: Effective Anti-Depressant, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Sleep deprivation has also been associated with higher risks of weight gain and obesity.

(Molecular ties between lack of sleep and weight gain, NIH)

The researchers also found that study participants with larger increases in beta-amyloid reported worse mood after sleep deprivation.

(Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

While the protein's presence or absence in the brain had little effect on sleep recovery, mice with higher levels of BMAL1 in their muscles recovered from sleep deprivation more quickly.

(Muscle, Not Brain, May Hold Answers to Some Sleep Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Even though the sample was small, this study demonstrated the negative effect of sleep deprivation on beta-amyloid burden in the human brain.

(Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

Although total sleep deprivation or partial sleep deprivation can produce clinical improvement in depression symptoms within 24 hours, antidepressants are the most common treatment for depression.

(Sleep Deprivation: Effective Anti-Depressant, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This study is the first to find that microRNAs in the blood are changed by total sleep deprivation (TSD) for 39 hours, and by psychological stress, and can predict the resulting cognitive performance in adults.

(Why Lack of Sleep Affects Some More Than Others, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers from the University of Chicago noticed that sleep deprivation has effects in the body similar to activation of the endocannabinoid (eCB) system, a key player in the brain’s regulation of appetite and energy levels.

(Molecular ties between lack of sleep and weight gain, NIH)

To understand the possible link between beta-amyloid accumulation and sleep, the researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) to scan the brains of 20 healthy subjects, ranging in age from 22 to 72, after a night of rested sleep and after sleep deprivation (being awake for about 31 hours).

(Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)