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Psychologists at the University of Bonn are amazed by the
severe deficits caused by a sleepless night
Twenty-four hours of sleep deprivation can lead to
conditions in healthy persons similar to the symptoms of schizophrenia. This
discovery was made by an international team of researchers under the guidance
of the University of Bonn and King's College London. The scientists point out
that this effect should be investigated more closely in persons who have to
work at night. In addition, sleep deprivation may serve as a model system for
the development of drugs to treat psychosis. The results have now been
published in "The Journal of Neuroscience".