🧠✨ New Insights into Why We Sleep! ✨🛏️

Just read a groundbreaking study in Nature showing that leaky mitochondria in sleep-inducing neurons (dFBNs) drive the pressure to sleep! 😴🧬

Turns out, electron overflow and oxidative stress during wakefulness aren't just metabolic side effects—they're biological signals telling the brain it's time to rest. 🔋➡️💥➡️🛌

Mitochondrial fission decreases sleep, fusion promotes it, and sleep literally resets neuronal metabolism.

A must-read for anyone interested in neuroscience, metabolism, or the biology of rest. 🧪🧠🔄

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