Do you think it's true?

[spanky]

Originally posted by: elbosco
There was an experiment done on rats that examined the effects of going without rem sleep. The rats were put in modified cages with water at the bottom and in order to stay dry the rats would need to cling onto the walls. When the rats would start to fall asleep their muscles would relax causing them to fall into the water, instantly waking them up. The rats would have to climb back up the wall and stay there until they fell asleep and down into the water they went. This happened over and over until the rats died.

So a lack of sleep can kill you.

but those rats died from drowning right?

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: elbosco
There was an experiment done on rats that examined the effects of going without rem sleep. The rats were put in modified cages with water at the bottom and in order to stay dry the rats would need to cling onto the walls. When the rats would start to fall asleep their muscles would relax causing them to fall into the water, instantly waking them up. The rats would have to climb back up the wall and stay there until they fell asleep and down into the water they went. This happened over and over until the rats died.

So a lack of sleep can kill you.

there was also a similar experiment done where the rat had to keep walking on the wheel thing, and if they fell asleep they'd get zapped with a small electric current, which would then wake them up. after a few days, they died

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Nik
REPOST

but aren't your "REPOST"s reposts themselves??

so i guess i should be saying . . .

REPOST (and im not referring to the thread)

 

[Aimster]

http://www.ananova.com/ ?
www.Dont believe everything you read on random webpages "

 

[Jeff7]

No; you will die if you are awake too long. The brain either goes insane, or shuts down. At some point, you'd flat-out drop on the floor from exhaustion. If you are kept awake though through some chemical means, or from lots of mental stimulation, you would die.

But as soon as I felt my eyes getting droopy and put the magazine down, I would find myself wide awake again.

What they left out:

But as soon as I felt my eyes getting droopy and put the magazine down, I would find myself wide awake again. I found that my clocks always seemed to run faster though, as I'd have to set them back about 7 hours each time this happened.

 

[Goosemaster]

That guy must be wired as Sh!t

 

[StageLeft]

I wish I only needed around three-four hours/day, but nonetheless I'd love to still HAVE to sleep.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: OulOat
How does that work? Doesn't your brain need to rest?

Theres a family in Italy with a genetic defect that doesn't allow them to sleep.

A side effect is that their brain wears out by the time their in their late thirties early fourties.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: aplefka
I call shens as well... if he got a cut or anything minor at all in that time, even jsut a slight cold, he'd die because his body wouldn't be making the necessary repairs.

Uh, lol.. I'm not entirely sure of the reason sleep is necessary, but that isn't one of them.

So do you think your immune system & other repair systems just have each day off or something?

 

[NogginBoink]

Do a Google search on "fatal familial insomnia."

There are people who haven't slept in decades. In all cases, death eventually comes and rescues the individuals from their personal hells on earth.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Nik
REPOST

R

 

[Antoneo]

Hrmm, looks like no more all nighters for me!

 

[MrDudeMan]

i thought this was bullshnaz at first, but its looking real.