‘Less sleep can affect memory’
Ignoring sleep for long not only gives a tired look to the eyes but can adversely affect the memory too, according to Prof V Mohan Kumar, former head of department of physiology at AIIMS.
Delivering Prof RC Shukla memorial oration on “Sleeping less is not badge of honour”, on the 104th annual foundation day of the physiology department on Saturday at the King George’s Medical University, Prof Kumar shared some of the facts that people often ignore d and fell victim to certain disorders.
He said that sleeping less resulted in poor restoration of the brain and metabolic activities in the body, which led to mental and physical stress. Such stress had adverse impact on various functions that our body performed, including memory.
As per the international guidelines on sleep, a neonate should sleep for up to 16 hours, while a grown up child should sleep for 12 hours. An adult should sleep up to 8 hours during the night and elderly for 6 to 7 hours. This helps keep body functions normal.
Prof Sunita Tiwari, head of department of physiology, presented the annual progress report of the department. She told that the department in the past one year has added facilities for exper- imental research on animals by procuring a highly specific and advanced setup of instruments.
Following the oration, the students of MBBS and BDS of the batch 2014 were felicitated with awards for annual seminar presentation and annual debate. Appreciation certificates and prizes were also given away for a number of extracurricular events held during “Vasantotsav”.