Can you charge the battery for too long?

I know that with cell phones if you leave the charger in for too long the battery starts to lose life. Is it the same way with the macbook or did the engineers work out a way that you can keep the charger connected for as long as you want and it won't drain battery life?
I'd like to charge the battery whenever I go to sleep but I'm afraid that it will have charged too much by the time I wake up. I learned that the hard way with my cell phone, which seems to lose power much quicker than it used to.

Hi,
since Apple recommends to never remove the battery while running the MacBook on AC-power, it is the logical conclusion.
See here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305336
Stefan

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