We would all be new to parenting, overwhelmed with feeding schedules and dizzy from sleep deprivation.
The findings echo previous research linking higher BMI to sleep deprivation and irregular sleep schedules.
However, once the lack of food and sleep deprivation set in, tempers are likely to fray.
The U.S. Army field manual classifies sustained sleep deprivation as a form of mental torture.
Excessive net-surfing and television are leaving 12-year-olds suffering the symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation, say experts.
Which brings us to an underlying cause of these daymares and sinister thoughts -- sleep deprivation.
Research suggests sleep deprivation interferes with hunger and satiety hormones crucial to regulating appetite.
"Sleep deprivation and depression go hand in hand among teenagers, " says the study's lead author, Mahmood Siddique, D.
They believe that sleep deprivation or sleep disturbances may affect the immune system's ability to function at an optimal level.
Just like humans, airplane passengers of the four-legged variety must also contend with the risk of respiratory infections, dehydration and sleep deprivation.
It is believed that sleep deprivation may harm neurological development and can contribute to behavioural problems including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Dr Janet Mullington, of Harvard Medical School, said there were many questions still to be answered about the effect of sleep deprivation.
"Only in recent years have we begun to realise the prevalence and severity of sleep deprivation in our population, " said Professor Gillin.
Sleep deprivation is affecting us all and we are paying the price.
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On the road all day, on the phone to Washington at night, sleep deprivation takes its toll as countries blur into one.
Sleep deprivation is especially famous for its ability to make people manic.
And it was then, rattled by sleep deprivation, that I discovered Miffy.
Sleep deprivation also led to an increase in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which controls many of the body's "involuntary" functions.
Lead researcher Ilana Hairston said as well as proving sleep deprivation affected spatial memory, the suggestion was that sleep did not affect senses.
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Another study came out this week confirming some older studies that shows that sleep deprivation makes you hungry and could lead to you being overweight.
She said it was possible that the change to inflammatory markers produced in sleep deprivation experiments were merely short-term reflections of the battle against sleepiness.
Over time, sleep deprivation can cause irritation, depression, sickness or mistakes.
The findings also tie into research attempting to do away with sleep, such as by finding a drug that could eliminate the effects of sleep deprivation.
Meanwhile the natural body clock was disturbed - some genes naturally wax and wane in activity through the day, but this effect was dulled by sleep deprivation.
While the ill effects of depression on sleep are well known, he adds, mounting evidence suggests that sleep deprivation in and of itself can contribute to depression.
While no one will dispute the fact that many of our current habits concerning food consumption, physical activity, stress management and sleep deprivation could use some positive invigoration.
Despite months of sleep deprivation and rationed diets, the 39 year-old skipper quips that the biggest challenge of the whole project was finding a financial backer in the first place.
It all adds up to a sport that combines strenuous physical demands with the mental challenges of running a Silicon Valley venture, plus a generous dollop of good old-fashioned sleep deprivation.
Subsequent research, although desultory, showed that 60% or more of depressives respond often dramatically to a night of sleep deprivation, and that the transformation of mood usually occurs in the latter half of the night.
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However, the team found that eventually both methods of memory retrieval were as effective in the tasks, meaning that while sleep deprivation affects brain function it does not affect overt behaviour, as previously thought.
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