Published: 2025-04-25 14:00

寝不足で深い眠りに落ちるのなぜ?トカゲの脳で研究 名大など

寝不足の時に眠気襲われ深い眠り落ちるのはなぜか、トカゲの働き詳しく調べたところ、表面覆う大脳皮質」が関係していることがわかったと名古屋大学などが発表しました。眠気蓄積するメカニズムの理解つながる成果だとしています。

名古屋大学などの研究チームによりますと、動物の中には寝不足になると眠気蓄積深く眠るものがいると考えられていますが、その詳しいメカニズムは分かっていません。 研究チームはオーストラリアドラゴンと呼ばれるトカゲの働きを調べるため、複数個体好物のコオロギを見せたりくすぐったりして睡眠時間を半分以下に削り寝不足状態にする実験行いました。

その後、ている時の脳波測定した結果眠りさを示す指標平常時と比べ平均で2倍近く高くなり、深い眠りにつくことがわかりました。

一方で、表面覆う大脳皮質取り除く手術をしてから同じ実験行ったところ、脳波指標は十分に高まらず、比較的浅い眠りとどまったということです。

研究チームは寝不足のあとの深い眠りには、大脳皮質働きが関係していることが分かったとして、眠気蓄積するメカニズムの理解つながる成果だとしています。 名古屋大学乘本裕明教授は「ヒトから動物までなぜ眠くなるのかはまだ理解されていない。眠気仕組み理解されれば、睡眠困っている人たちを救うことにつながる」と話しています。

# 言葉 意味
6 のう (脳) : 1. brain 2. brains; mind
5 ねむけ (眠気) : sleepiness; drowsiness
5 ねむり (眠り) : 1. sleep; sleeping 2. inactivity
4 ねぶそく (寝不足) : lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
4 りかい (理解) : understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
3 はたらき (働き) : 1. work; labor; labour 2. achievement; performance; ability; talent
3 だいのうひしつ (大脳皮質) : cerebral cortex
3 なごやだいがく (名古屋大学) : Nagoya University (organization)
3 ちくせき (蓄積) : accumulation; accumulate; store
3 つながる (繋がる) : 1. to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to 2. to lead to; to be related to
2 ひょうめん (表面) : 1. surface; face 2. outside; exterior
2 おおう (覆う) : to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
2 わかる (分かる) : 1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow 2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
2 せいか (成果) : (good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
2 わかる (分かる) : 1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow 2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
2 たり : 1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") 2. doing such things as...
2 じっけん (実験) : experiment
2 おこなう (行う) : to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
2 のうは (脳波) : 1. brain waves 2. electroencephalogram; EEG
2 しひょう (指標) : index; indices; indicator
1 おそう (襲う) : 1. to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down 2. to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
1 おちる (落ちる) : 1. to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) 2. to be omitted; to be missing
1 くわしく (詳しく) : in detail; fully; minutely; at length
1 しらべる (調べる) : to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
1 はっぴょう (発表) : announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling
1 ふかく (深く) : deeply; intimately; heartily; sincerely; profoundly
1 かんがえる (考える) : 1. to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on) 2. to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
1 くわしい (詳しい) : 1. detailed; full; minute 2. knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with); well-informed (about); familiar (with)
1 よぶ (呼ぶ) : 1. to call out (to); to call; to invoke 2. to summon (a doctor, etc.)
1 ふくすう (複数) : plural; multiple; several
1 こたい (個体) : individual; specimen
1 こうぶつ (好物) : favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
1 くすぐる (擽る) : 1. to tickle 2. to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to appeal to; to flatter
1 すいみんじかん (睡眠時間) : (one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
1 けずる (削る) : 1. to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode 2. to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
1 じょうたい (状態) : state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
1 ねる (寝る) : 1. to sleep (lying down) 2. to go to bed; to lie in bed
1 そくてい (測定) : measurement
1 けっか (結果) : 1. result; consequence; outcome; effect 2. coming to fruition; bearing fruit
1 み (御) : 1. august 2. beautiful
1 しめす (示す) : 1. to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent 2. to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)
1 へいじょう (平常) : normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
1 くらべる (比べる) : 1. to compare; to make a comparison 2. to compete; to vie
1 へいきん (平均) : 1. average; mean 2. balance; equilibrium
1 いっぽう (一方) : 1. one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party 2. on the one hand; on the other hand
1 とりのぞく (取り除く) : to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
1 しゅじゅつ (手術) : 1. surgery; operation; procedure 2. skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
1 たかまる (高まる) : to rise; to swell; to be promoted
1 ひかくてき (比較的) : comparatively; relatively
1 あさい (浅い) : 1. shallow; superficial 2. slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge)
1 とどまる (止まる) : 1. to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place) 2. to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
1 のりもと (乘本) : Norimoto (surname)
1 ひろあき (裕明) : Hiroaki (given)
1 きょうじゅ (教授) : 1. professor 2. teaching; instruction
1 しくみ (仕組み) : 1. structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; mechanism; workings 2. plan; plot; contrivance
1 すいみん (睡眠) : sleep
1 こまる (困る) : 1. to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed 2. to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed
1 すくう (救う) : to rescue from; to help out of; to save
1 はなす (話す) : 1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat 2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss