A new closed-loop, acoustic stimulation technique significantly improves sleep quality and autonomic immune system function, and reduces symptoms of insomnia.
Parental stress is higher in parents who suffer from sleep disorders or have children with disordered sleeping.
Teenagers who suffer from inadequate or disrupted sleep may be at higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life.
While most people prefer to drift off to sleep listening to quieter and slower songs, some feel more relaxed when listening to familiar, high-energy popular music.
Insufficient sleep is associated with an increased risk of obesity, especially in children. Researchers say altering your sleep pattern and getting sufficient sleep each night may be key to reducing weight gain and obesity.
Researchers identify the role the Pig-Q gene plays in sleep regulation. Mutations of the Pig-Q gene increase sleep.
Roflumilast, a drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of COPD and asthma helps retrieve learning memories following a period of sleep deprivation in mice.
Sleep duration starts to decline during early adulthood until the age of 33, it then starts to pick up again at age 53, researchers report.
Study reveals how motor memory is consolidated during sleep.
Researchers have identified a pathway that leads to the phosphorylation of HDAC4, helping to promote sleep.
Low levels of the HDAC4 enzyme caused mice to sleep longer and more deeply than usual.
Those who report trouble sleeping are at increased risk of poor cardiometabolic health problems which can lead to type 2 diabetes.