Fragmented sleep patterns can predict vulnerability to chronic stress: Study

Abu Dhabi [United Arab Emirates], January 16 (ANI): An animal model to demonstrate how abnormal sleep architecture can be a predictor of stress vulnerability has been introduced by NYU Abu Dhabi’s Laboratory of Neural Systems and Behavior for the first time usedThese important findings have the potential to inform the development of sleep tests that can help identify who may be susceptible — or resilient — to future stress.In the study, Abnormal Sleep Signals Vulnerability to Chronic Social Defeat Stress, which appears in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, NYUAD Assistant…