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Comment by CGMthrowaway

4 days ago

Does it explain why we need sleep? My read was it explains why we get sleepy.

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Xss3  4 days ago

Iirc it is adenosine build up that makes us sleepy

  • CGMthrowaway  4 days ago

    The paper proposes what is one level deeper, though.

    Filling in the gaps: Mitochondria are less efficient due to electron leakage -> ATP gets consumed faster -> adenosine builds up faster

    The first step is the new one.

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