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Yoga and physical therapy as treatment for chronic lower back pain also improves sleep

Neuroscience NewsNovember 19, 2019

Following 12 weeks of yoga instruction, people with chronic lower back pain reported a significant improvement in symptoms and better sleep over 52 weeks.... Read More...

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Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

Neuroscience NewsNovember 18, 2019

Contractions of the diaphragm muscles during hiccuping evoke a significant response in the brain's cortex, causing two large brainwaves followed by a third. The third brainwave is similar to that evoked by noise.... Read More...

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Where does Parkinson’s disease start? In the brain or gut? Or both?

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2019

Lewy body disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, comprise of two distinct subtypes. One subtype originates in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) of the gut and spreads to the brain. The other originates in the brain, or enters the brain via the olfactory system, before spreading to the brainstem and PNS.... Read More...

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Circuit responsible for building memories during sleep identified

Neuroscience NewsNovember 6, 2019

The nucleus reuniens is responsible for coordinating synchronous slow waves between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during sleep. The findings suggest the nucleus reuniens plays a critical role in sleep-dependant memory consolidation.... Read More...

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Anger, anxiety, insomnia: Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness

Neuroscience NewsNovember 4, 2019

Linguistic analytic models found users who tweet about loneliness post significantly more frequently about mental health concerns, relationship problems, and insomnia.... Read More...

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

Neuroscience NewsNovember 4, 2019

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...

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Are we ‘brainwashed’ during sleep?

Neuroscience NewsNovember 1, 2019

Study reveals as we sleep, cerebrospinal fluid pulses in the brain in rhythmic patterns.... Read More...

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Only half of US children get enough sleep during the week

Neuroscience NewsOctober 25, 2019

52% 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...

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Immune cells rewire and repair the brain while we sleep

Neuroscience NewsOctober 21, 2019

Microglia play a critical role in reorganizing neural connections, fighting infections, and repairing damage to neurons while we sleep.... Read More...

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How our memories stabilize while we sleep

Neuroscience NewsOctober 18, 2019

Delta waves isolate assemblies of cortical neurons that play an essential role in long-term memory formation and consolidation.... Read More...

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Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD

Neuroscience NewsOctober 11, 2019

21% of veterans who experience PTSD or traumatic brain injury suffer from a rare sleep condition that affects less than 1% of the general population. The condition, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), is characterized by an impairment of sleep-related muscle paralysis, causing people to act out dreams during REM sleep. The uncontrolled actions often cause harm to the sufferer of their partners. ... Read More...

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Craving junk food after a sleepless night?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2019

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...

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Yoga and physical therapy as treatment for chronic lower back pain also improves sleep

Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

Where does Parkinson’s disease start? In the brain or gut? Or both?

Circuit responsible for building memories during sleep identified

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

Are we ‘brainwashed’ during sleep?

Only half of US children get enough sleep during the week

Immune cells rewire and repair the brain while we sleep

How our memories stabilize while we sleep

Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD

Craving junk food after a sleepless night?