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Special Report - Special Report - October 25, 2012
Professor here looks for link between sleep, recovery
Researcher's breakthrough explained biochemistry behind the shift to slumber

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Washington State University professor and neuroscientist Jim Krueger says the interaction between sleep and infectious disease is one of his focuses.
Washington State University professor and neuroscientist Jim Krueger says the interaction between sleep and infectious disease is one of his focuses.
—Staff photo by Treva Lind
While doctors often suggest plenty of sleep alongside medicine when people get sick, little scientific evidence exists for the reasons why a rest remedy tends to speed recovery.

Jim Krueger, a Washington State University professor and neuroscientist based in Spokane, is delving deeper into understanding the science behind slumber. With the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center and the WWAMI medical education program, he focuses on the biochemical triggers in the brain that allo...


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