Sleep deprivation Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Sleep-wake cycle=== People aged 18 to 64 need seven to nine hours of sleep per night.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-25 |title=Here's What Happens When You Don't Get Enough Sleep (And How Much You Really Need a Night) |url=https://health.clevelandclinic.org/happens-body-dont-get-enough-sleep/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Cleveland Clinic |language=en-US}}</ref> Research studying sleep deprivation shows its impact on mood, cognitive, and motor functioning due to dysregulation of the sleep-wake cycle and augmented sleep propensity.<ref name="Durmer2005" /> Multiple studies that identified the role of the [[hypothalamus]] and multiple neural systems controlling circadian rhythms and homeostasis have been helpful in understanding sleep deprivation better.<ref name="Durmer2005" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Saper CB, Chou TC, Scammell TE | title = The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness | journal = Trends in Neurosciences | volume = 24 | issue = 12 | pages = 726–731 | date = December 2001 | pmid = 11718878 | doi = 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)02002-6 | s2cid = 206027570 }}</ref> To describe the temporal course of the sleep-wake cycle, the two-process model of sleep regulation can be mentioned.<ref name="Durmer2005" /> This model proposes a homeostatic process (Process S) and a circadian process (Process C) that interact to define the time and intensity of sleep.<ref name="Borbély2016">{{cite journal | vauthors = Borbély AA, Daan S, Wirz-Justice A, Deboer T | title = The two-process model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal | journal = Journal of Sleep Research | volume = 25 | issue = 2 | pages = 131–143 | date = April 2016 | pmid = 26762182 | doi = 10.1111/jsr.12371 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Process S represents the drive for sleep, increasing during wakefulness and decreasing during sleep until a defined threshold level, while Process C is the oscillator responsible for these levels. When being sleep deprived, homeostatic pressure accumulates to the point that waking functions will be degraded even at the highest circadian drive for wakefulness.<ref name="Durmer2005" /><ref name="Borbély2016" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page