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·January 21, 2020·3 min read

Traumatic brain injury impairs hormone production, disrupting sleep, cognition, and memory

Growth hormone replacement therapy for those with mild traumatic brain injury helped improve cognition, anxiety, and depression while reducing fatigue and sleep disturbances.

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·January 21, 2020·2 min read

Chronobiologists warn of health risks linked to daylight saving

Chronobiologists warn changing to daylight savings can have serious effects on both brain and general health. The change in time during spring was linked to a 24% increase in severe cardiovascular events in women. Researchers also noted the sudden change in time alters circadian rhythms, reduces the production of natural melatonin, impacts cognitive function, and may also foster tumor growth.

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·January 20, 2020·4 min read

How coffee affects the brain, body, and health

From helping to protect against certain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases to causing anxiety and insomnia, researchers investigate how coffee affects the brain, body, and overall health.

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·January 17, 2020·4 min read

Reward improves visual perceptual learning, but only after people sleep

Reward does not improve visual perception learning unless it is followed by a good night's sleep.

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·January 16, 2020·3 min read

Sleep linked to language skills in neurodevelopmental disorders

Sleep disruptions are common features of Fragile X syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Down syndrome. The disruption of sleep in these neurodevelopmental disorders appears to be linked to language development. The longer children with neurodevelopmental disorders slept, the more words they knew.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 15, 2020·3 min read

Beauty sleep could be real, say body clock biologists

Study shows how circadian clock mechanisms boost our ability to maintain our bodies when we are most active.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 14, 2020·3 min read

Memory boost with just one look

Targeted transcranial electrical stimulation during short-wave sleep can boost episodic memory by almost 20%.

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·January 12, 2020·5 min read

Losing tongue fat improves sleep apnea

Reduction in tongue fat volume is the main link between weight loss and sleep apnea improvement.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 12, 2020·3 min read

Are your children sleeping enough? New blood test might hold the answer

Examining microRNA from a simple blood test can help determine whether your child is getting enough sleep.

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·January 11, 2020·4 min read

Losing a night of sleep may increase blood levels of Alzheimer’s biomarker

Following a night of sleep deprivations, levels of tau in the blood increase 17% in healthy young men.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·January 7, 2020·3 min read

Sleep difficulties in children with Autism caused by shallower brain waves

Children on the autism spectrum have, on average, 25% shallower brain waves than typically developing children, indicating a reason why they may have trouble entering deep sleep states.

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·January 7, 2020·2 min read

New recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeeding

Researchers release new evidence-based recommendations regarding the benefits and risks for breastfeeding mother and infant co-sleeping. The study reports safe bedsharing is possible, and existing evidence does not support the conclusion that co-sleeping in breastfed infants increases the risk for SIDS in the absence of known hazards.

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