Chronic Insomnia: Less Brain Gray Matter in Older Adults
Updated: 2510-01-06 21:00:00
: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , January 29, 2010 Chronic Insomnia : Less Brain Gray Matter in Older Adults A new study from The Netherlands examined regional brain volume in people with insomnia The study involved 24 adults with chronic primary insomnia . They were between the ages of 52 and 74 years . Seventeen of them were women . They were compared with 13 people who had no sleep . problems Results show that people with insomnia had a smaller volume of gray matter in the left orbitofrontal cortex . This reduction in gray matter was strongly correlated with the severity of . insomnia The NINDS reports that gray matter” refers to the cerebral cortex . This is where the brain does most of its information processing . The cortex is a layer of tissue with a gray-colored . appearance
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