Sleep
Regulation of sleep is critical for life! Ever ...
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Sleep

Regulation of sleep is critical for life! Ever wonder why you can’t fall asleep while hungry or why anti-histamines (often taken for seasonal allergies) make you so tired? Did you know that just about all animals engage in some form of sleep? Here I’ve diagramed a few players in the regulation of sleep.

#Sleep #anti-histamine #regulation #GABA #REM
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Pravin Patel, PhD
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Currently, I am a medical student at Drexel University College of Medicine, Class of 2024. My ambition is to become a physician-scientist and I look forward to continuing my training acquiring the full suite of research and clinical capabilities so that I can improve lives both at the bench and the bed side.

My current research interests involve gaining a superior understanding of the interplay between hematology and immunology by investigating the role platelets as members of the innate immune system and their functions in immune-mediated pathologies
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