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Effects of Alcohol on Sleep


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Wake Forest Univeristy researchers have a press release detailing an ion channel in the thalamus that increases in activity with moderate alcohol consumption, and is deactivated by higher amounts. This apparently explains why alcohol lets you sleep better at night, but disrupts sleep in the early morning.

 

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