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Mentally fit with bioenergetic sleep® #3

29. August 2017 by Schlafexperte Prof. Dr. med. h.c. Günther W. Amann-Jennson Leave a Comment

Why the brain makes room during sleep

These groundbreaking scientific results are an important indication on why the synaptic strength increases when we are awake. On the other hand, it decreases resp. normalizes during sleep. Only this makes it possible that learning experiences of the day are solidified during sleep; and that the memories are stored in the brain. To say it in other words: always, when we are sleeping, we forget a part of what we have learned during the day. The synaptic connections that don’t get broken are transferred into long-term-memory.

Building on the findings of 2003, a current study of the scientist Graham Diering of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, revealed further interesting details that were published in February, 2017. The group of scientists also examined synapses of mice before and after sleeping but put their main focus on molecular and structural changes of nerve connections. Here, the scientists found that the synapses not only lost size during sleep. Also, the number of receptor proteins were diminished by about 20 %.

These proteins are important for signal transmission via transmitters. In relation to sleep, this degradation of “docking stations” takes place when the level of the transmitter noradrenalin or adenosine signalize an increased sleep need. This also points to the fact that during sleep a “re-calibration” of the brain takes place, room is made, so to say. Due to this nightly “shrinking-process”, the brain is enabled a further important function – to detox during sleep.

This is proven by studies of the University of Rochester, USA. Via brain and spinal liquids, the toxins get “removed”. Explorations of these liquids reveal that during sleep a particularly large number of residues of tau-proteins and amyloids are found, even if the precise mechanism still is not researched exactly. Exactly these two substances are connected with the development of Alzheimer’s.

Sleep is a must for mental well-being

The current findings concerning our “nightly brain” impressively confirm the importance of healthy and sufficient sleep for our mental well-being. Just to remind: 100 % of our mental regeneration depend on sleep! At the same time, the finding that sleeping is no break for our brain is strengthened. Because, our brain has to carry out important working processes during sleep which enable us to be clear in our mind, to make good decisions, to feel well and to stay mentally healthy. As soon as we sleep poorly or too less, we are harming our health and our mental fitness to a vast extent.

Especially the brain of people with a high mental performance and of people who have a great deal to learn, quickly is crowded with numerous instable connections. To remain to be productive we have to give the structures (glia cells) the possibility to cut off instable connections in time. Only then, they can be replaced with stable synapses.

“Neuronal disposal”

So, these special micro-glia-cells “cut off” all old and unneeded synapses and make room for new and strong connections. And care for a free head to meet the expectations of a new day. The essential prerequisite is: you have to have sufficient and biological high-quality sleep! From the biologic point of view, this is the best possibility to keep your brain fit during sleep without much effort. But, in case you have insufficient and unhealthy sleep you deprive your brain of the possibility to do this important “neuronal disposal” during sleep. Only this kind of “reset” makes room for new learning experiences that are necessary and important for a progress in life and to be successful – in all areas of life: personally, in the job and sports. Because, mental fitness is irreplaceable.

Helpful tips on how to effectively avoid indoor toxins and sleeping pills in #4.

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Filed Under: Expert Tips, Healthy Sleep Tagged With: bioenergetic sleep®, detox, mental fitness, mental well-being

Sleep and HRV (heart rate variability)

5. December 2016 by Schlafexperte Prof. Dr. med. h.c. Günther W. Amann-Jennson Leave a Comment

Especially in the future, measurement of the heart rate variability will be a possibility for measuring the sleeping quality. Due to our inner clock, the human organism is subjected to a certain rhythmic. Here, our heart beat is very important for rhythm. Our heart beat is not completely regular, but varies by a mean value. This especially can be measured during rest and sleep. The phenomenon of recovery due to breaks, relaxation and above all sleep is a basic principle to maintain health, fitness and power. Only during phases of recovery our organism is able to regenerate, to heal microwounds, to detox chemical degradation products and to activate self-healing powers.

The measurement of this variable value that occurs in between two heart beats provides comprehensive information and analyzation of the body rhythm. Here, the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is playing an essential role. Because, the heart rate variability arises via the ANS due to the cyclic interaction of the two vegetative control systems: stress = sympathetic nervous system and recovery = parasympathetic nervous system. Meaning, the more our organism is in the beat of rhythm and the more balanced stress (sympathetic nervous system) and recovery (parasympathetic nervous system) are the better our regeneration during sleep.

Especially during phases of rest and sleep the organism is powerfully oscillating and our heart beat mainly is modelled by our breathing rhythm. To be able to exactly measure the distance in between two heart beats special HRV-recorders have been developed. They work with high precision and significantly more accurate than a conventional ECG (electrocardiogram). A 24-h-measurement delivers graphic diagrams showing the interplay of stress (sympathetic nervous system) and rest as well sleep (parasympathetic nervous system). This enables an evaluation of the rhythmic as well as of the quality of recovery and sleep. With this method stress- and environmental-influences (noise, electromagnetic pollution) as well as the effect of certain materials on the heart rate variability can be measured and analyzed as well. This is especially interesting and instructive when we are talking about sleep.

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Filed Under: Healthy Sleep Tagged With: detox, eletromagnetic pollution, heart rate variability, inner clock, phases of recovery, sleeping quality

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