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Sleep resets brain connections – but only for first few hours

2 May 2024

During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake – but only during the first half of a night’s sleep, according to a new study in fish by Professor Jason Rihel (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology).

Read: Newsweek; More: Deccan Herald, UCL News