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·March 23, 2020

The brainstem neurons that regulate non-REM sleep

Study identifies a key role the brainstem neurotensinergic neurons play in non-REM sleep regulation. Read More

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·March 2, 2020

Sleeping sheep may offer clues to human brain disease

Monitoring sleep spindles in sheep may one day translate to sleep based diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases in humans. Read More

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·November 4, 2019

Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain

Deep sleep restores the medial prefrontal cortex mechanisms that restore emotion. This lowers emotional and physiological reactivity, preventing the escalation of stress and anxiety. Read More

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 27, 2019

Not All Sleep is Equal When it Comes to Cleaning the Brain

Study reinforces and explains the links between sleep deprivation and neurodegenerative diseases, researchers say. Read More

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·January 24, 2019

Rocking Improves Sleep and Memory in Both People and Mice

A new study reveals people fall asleep faster when being rocked. Additionally, they showed improvements in memory consolidation and spent more time in non-REM sleep. Read More

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·January 9, 2019

Decreased Deep Sleep Linked to Early Alzheimer’s Disease

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. Read More

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·October 5, 2018

How the Brain Learns During Sleep

A new study sheds additional light on how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. Researchers report rapid fluctuations in gamma band activity in the hippocampus during nREM sleep helps facilitate memory reactivation. Read More

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·August 28, 2018

Genes that Regulate How Much We Dream

A new study identifies two genes which regulate how much we dream. The genes, Chrm1 and Chrm3, play a key role in regulating REM sleep and function in different ways. Read More

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·August 7, 2018

Learning While Sleeping? Our Capabilities May Be Limited

A new study MEG study reveals our ability to learn during slow wave sleep is limited. Read More

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·May 15, 2018

How REM and Non-REM Sleep May Work Together to Help Solve Problems

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. Read More