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Alexandra Vaccaro

joined in Nov 30, 2020

Research Associate at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Vaccaro has 1 break published.

Why extreme lack of sleep can kill you

Most of us are familiar with the unpleasant changes to our mood, and our ability to think, even after a single sleepless night. An alarming fact is that up to 50% of adults worldwide are estimated to regularly skimp on sleep. Sleep ensures proper brain function,... click to read more

Yosef Kaplan Dor | Research Fellow at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Alexandra Vaccaro | Research Associate at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dragana Rogulja | Principal Investigator at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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antioxidants

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published on Nov 30, 2020