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Review
. 2018 Jul 2;10(7):e2912.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.2912.

The Amygdala, Sleep Debt, Sleep Deprivation, and the Emotion of Anger: A Possible Connection?

Zahid Saghir  1 , Javeria N Syeda  1 , Adnan S Muhammad  1 , Tareg H Balla Abdalla  1
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The Amygdala, Sleep Debt, Sleep Deprivation, and the Emotion of Anger: A Possible Connection?

Zahid Saghir et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

The association of sleep with emotions has long been studied. However, not much has been studied about the association of sleep deprivation and sleep debt with the emotion of anger. In this article, we focused on the association of sleep with anger. The results suggest that lack of sleep - sleep deprivation and sleep debt - both lead to the emotion of anger. Some hints about the involvement of the limbic system have been found. Yet, due to a lack of a quantity of evidence, we suggest that more studies are conducted on the same topic to help us have a more in-depth exploration of the association of lack of sleep with anger.

Keywords: sleep; sleep anger; sleep deprivation; sleep emotion; sleep frustration; sleep mood.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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