Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified specific neurons in the zona incerta that appear to help promote sleep. The discovery could help develop new treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders.
Researchers have discovered a brain circuit that governs how certain memories are consolidated in the brain during sleep.
Natural, restorative sleep can help stave off mental and physical decline as we age.
A new study links poor sleep quality in older adults with elevated levels of tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers report poor sleep quality later in life may be associated with declining brain health and may be an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease.
Using optogenetics to dampen delta waves of rats during sleep resulted in weaker memory reactivation and promoted forgetting. The findings could have significant implications for treating PTSD in humans.
Study identifies a key role the brainstem neurotensinergic neurons play in non-REM sleep regulation.
Sleep may be regulated by inflammasome NLRP3, researchers report.
Dreams that appear to be simultaneously realistic and bizarre help our brains learn and extract generic concepts from previous experiences, a new study reports.
A simple actimeter device is helping researchers better understand sleep duration and quality in humans.
Study reinforces and explains the links between sleep deprivation and neurodegenerative diseases, researchers say.
Researchers report the size of the pupil fluctuates during sleep. The findings may indicate that pupil size can indicate specific sleep states.
Researchers have created a new model that may help explain how different sleep patterns may help us to solve problems. The study reveals non-REM sleep helps us categorize information, where as REM sleep helps us to draw unexpected connections between information we have been exposed to.
