FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 8, 2020Restricting sleep may affect emotional reactionsExperiencing inadequate sleep impacts emotional processing, altering perceptions of pleasant or neutral stimuli by imposing a negative emotional bias. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 11, 2020Losing a night of sleep may increase blood levels of Alzheimer’s biomarkerFollowing a night of sleep deprivations, levels of tau in the blood increase 17% in healthy young men. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 11, 2019Skipping one night of sleep may leave insomniacs twice as impairedChronic insomniacs who pull an all-nighter perform twice as bad on reaction time tests as normal sleepers who forgo a night's sleep. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 22, 2019Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivationFindings debunk the common theory that attention is the only cognitive function affected by sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep also hinders a person's ability to complete activities that require following multiple steps. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 25, 2019Only half of US children get enough sleep during the week52% of children aged between 6 and 17 in the USA are not getting the recommended amount of sleep during the week. Children who sleep 9 or more hours a night showed more interest in learning, improved social behavior, and an increased desire to do well at school. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 9, 2019Craving junk food after a sleepless night?Sleep deprivation causes the olfactory system to go into overdrive, sharpening food odors, and breaking down communication within other brain areas that receive food signals. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·September 18, 2019How sleepless nights compromise the health of your gutStudy reveals the function of specific immune cells, well documented as playing a significant role in gut health, is directly controlled by our circadian clock. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 16, 2019Teen girl ‘night owls’ may be more likely to gain weightTeenage girls who experience inadequate sleep have an increased risk of obesity than their peers who prefer to sleep early. Interventions aimed at improving sleep schedules could be useful preventative tools for curbing obesity in teenagers. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 16, 2019Brain activity intensity drives need for sleepGalanin expressing neurons are selectively active during rebound sleep. The expression of galanin increases after neuronal activity and sleep deprivation. The neuropeptide plays a critical role in sleep homeostasis. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 13, 2019The mystery of why we sleepResearchers shed light on why we need to sleep and discuss the effects of sleep deprivation. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 1, 2019Sleep readies synapses for learningHippocampal neurons become longer and stronger following a period of sleep deprivation. The study supports the hypothesis that sleep may weaken synapses, which are strengthened from learning, allowing for learning to occur after waking. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·June 24, 2019Settling the debate on serotonin’s role in sleepSerotonin produced by the raphe is critical for sleep in both mice and zebrafish. The firing of neurons in the raphe and the release of serotonin may help the brain build up better sleep pressure. The results may explain why some sleep-related side effects of antidepressants increase serotonin in the brain. Read More
