What Happens When You Sleep?

Sources Medically Reviewed on 05/30/2018 Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on May 30, 2018
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SOURCES:
Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine: “An Overview of Sleep Disorders,” “Natural Patterns of Sleep,” “The Characteristics of Sleep.”
HelpGuide.org: “The Biology of Sleep.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “The Science of Sleep: Understanding What Happens When You Sleep.”
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: “Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep.”
National Sleep Foundation: “An Overview of Sleep Disorders,” “Learn how your temperature guides you to and from dreamland each night,” “The Physiology of Sleep: Obesity and Weight,” “The Physiology of Sleep: The Endocrine System and Sleep.”
Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on May 30, 2018
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