Pulling a sleepless night works like an antidepressant: Northwest study

According to a new study, even one night's worth of sleep deprivation saw lingering antidepressant effects that lasted for days, plus increased neuroplasticity.

Students, rejoice, your sleepless nights may have more benefits than earning you an A. That all-too-familiar feeling of “tension but fatigue” from not getting enough sleep for just one night may actually have antidepressant effects, according to a study led by a team at Northwestern University. Although chronic sleep deprivation has been studied extensively, scientists …

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Pulling a sleepless night can reverse depression for several days, study finds

Pulling a sleepless night can reverse depression for several days, new study suggests

By Health Reporter for Dailymail.Com Published: 1:19 p.m. EDT, November 2, 2023 | Update: 1:24 p.m. EDT, November 2, 2023 Most people associate sleepless nights with feeling grumpy the next day. But pulling an all-nighter could actually reverse depression for several days, a new study suggests. Sometimes, even though the body is physically exhausted, the …

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