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  2. Alcohol use and sleep - Wikipedia

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    Low doses of alcohol (one 360.0 ml (13 imp fl oz; 12 US fl oz) beer) are sleep-promoting by increasing total sleep time and reducing awakenings during the night.The sleep-promoting benefits of alcohol dissipate at moderate and higher doses of alcohol (two 12 oz. beers and three 12 oz. beers, respectively). [4]

  3. Hangover - Wikipedia

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    While the causes of a hangover are still poorly understood, [3] several factors are known to be involved including acetaldehyde accumulation, changes in the immune system and glucose metabolism, dehydration, metabolic acidosis, disturbed prostaglandin synthesis, increased cardiac output, vasodilation, sleep deprivation, and malnutrition.

  4. Local sleep - Wikipedia

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    Local sleep is a neurological phenomenon where brain activity in an organism that is otherwise awake enters a state which closely resembles that of sleep. [1] [2] In an electroencephalogram, these patterns generally resemble NREM slow-wave sleep, and oscillate between 'on' and 'off' periods in the same way that would be expected during an actual sleeping state.

  5. Alcohol may impair tired drivers even if they aren’t drunk

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    People with blood alcohol levels below the legal cutoff for being considered drunk may still be unsafe drivers if they’re also sleep deprived. Alcohol may impair tired drivers even if they aren ...

  6. Sleep and emotions - Wikipedia

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    The dysregulation model is supported by neuroanatomical, physiological, and subjective self-report studies. Emotional brain regions (e.g. the amygdala) have shown 60% greater reactivity to emotionally negative photographs following one night of sleep deprivation, as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging. [5]

  7. Altered state of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Sleep deprivation can be chronic or short-term depending on the severity of the patient's condition. Many patients report hallucinations because sleep deprivation impacts the brain. An MRI study conducted at Harvard Medical School in 2007 found that a sleep-deprived brain was not capable of being in control of its sensorimotor functions, [ 41 ...

  8. Oneirophrenia - Wikipedia

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    Oneirophrenia can result from long periods of sleep deprivation or extreme sensory deprivation. The hallucinations in oneirophrenia are increased or derive under decreased sensory input. Psychoanalysts , such as Claudio Naranjo , in the sixties have described the value of ibogaine -induced oneirophrenia for inducing and manipulating free ...

  9. File:Effects of sleep deprivation.svg - Wikipedia

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    The Vector templates below can be used to derive images with, for example, Inkscape. This is the method with the greatest potential. This is the method with the greatest potential. See Human body diagrams/Inkscape tutorial for a basic description in how to do this.