People must never ignore sleep to meet deadlines, and it’s never appropriate to waste time on the Internet over a proper good night’s sleep, advise healthcare professionals on World Brain Day.Recommending a seven-hour sleep to help the brain function better, they warned that lack of proper sleep could lead to brain-related problems.
Commenting on the importance of sleep and the adverse effect on the brain due to lack of it, Dr. S Ramesh, Consulting Neurosurgery, Kamineni Hospitals said, “Sleep is one of the most important components in the daily routine of an individual. Sleep is important for a number of brain-related functions, like the communication between neurons/nerve cells.
āPeople must be made aware that without proper sleep, the required pathways in the brain to create new memories and new response systems, will get adversely affected.”