# Impaired insulin signaling in human adipocytes after experimental sleep restriction

Broussard JL, Ehrmann DA, Van Cauter E, Tasali E, Brady MJ · Annals of Internal Medicine 157(8):549–557 · 2012



## Key finding

Four nights of 4.5 h sleep made fat cells ~30% less insulin-sensitive.



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