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·September 12, 2017·4 min read

Sexually Aroused Male Flies Unable to Sleep after Close Encounters with Females

In fruit flies, the need to sleep is overridden by the need to mate, a new study reports.

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·September 5, 2017·3 min read

Can’t Sleep Due to Stress? Here’s the Cure

According to researchers, octacosanol, an active compound found in sugarcane can help reduce stress and allow people to achieve a sound sleep.

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·September 4, 2017·5 min read

Love Your Beauty Rest? You Can Thank These Brain Cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified specific neurons in the zona incerta that appear to help promote sleep. The discovery could help develop new treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders.

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·September 3, 2017·5 min read

Is ADHD Really a Sleep Problem?

A recent study proposes a new theory that states ADHD may be linked to problems with regular circadian sleep. Researchers found in 75% of people with ADHD, the physiological sleep phases was delayed by 1.5 hours.

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·September 3, 2017·4 min read

Children’s Sleep Quality Linked to Mothers’ Insomnia

A new study reveals children are more likely to experience poor sleep patterns if their mother suffers from insomnia. However, there is no link between children's sleep quality and insomnia in their fathers.

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·August 30, 2017·4 min read

Chronic Lack of Sleep Increases Risk Seeking

According to University of Zurich researchers, sleep deprivation can lead to an increase in risk seeking behaviors.

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·August 26, 2017·4 min read

Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia

A new study in Neurology reports people who don't get enough REM sleep may face a higher risk of developing dementia. Researchers noted people who developed dementia spent 17% of their time in REM sleep compared to 20% of time in REM sleep for those without the neurodegenerative disease.

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·August 15, 2017·4 min read

Will Ketamine Treat Your Depression? Check Your Activity Monitor

A new study reports depressed people who responded to ketamine found their activity increased during earlier parts of the day. Researchers suggest clock gene machinery may be linked to the type of depression that responds to ketamine treatment.

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·August 14, 2017·3 min read

Frequent Binge Watching Leads to Poor Sleep

Frequent binge watching leas to poor sleep quality and insomnia, researchers report.

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·August 12, 2017·5 min read

Sleep Biology Discovery Could Lead to New Insomnia Treatments That Don’t Target the Brain

According to researchers, increasing levels of Bmal1 in the skeletal muscles of mice makes the animals resistant to insomnia and sleep deprivation. The findings could provide a new treatment target for sleep disorders.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 11, 2017·5 min read

Deep Sleep Reinforces the Learning of New Motor Skills

According to UCSF researchers, during non-REM sleep, newly learned useful neural patterns are replayed and recapped.

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·August 7, 2017·5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Helps Monitor Sleep

MIT researchers have developed a new, non invasive method to help monitor sleep patterns. The device uses an advanced AI algorithm to analyze wireless signals around a person and translate the measurements into sleep stages. Researchers plan to use the technology to study how Parkinson's disease affects sleep.

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Sleep

Sexually Aroused Male Flies Unable to Sleep after Close Encounters with Females

Can’t Sleep Due to Stress? Here’s the Cure

Love Your Beauty Rest? You Can Thank These Brain Cells

Is ADHD Really a Sleep Problem?

Children’s Sleep Quality Linked to Mothers’ Insomnia

Chronic Lack of Sleep Increases Risk Seeking

Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia

Will Ketamine Treat Your Depression? Check Your Activity Monitor

Frequent Binge Watching Leads to Poor Sleep

Sleep Biology Discovery Could Lead to New Insomnia Treatments That Don’t Target the Brain

Deep Sleep Reinforces the Learning of New Motor Skills

Artificial Intelligence Helps Monitor Sleep

How the Brain Maps Every Number

Non-Drug Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression

Cancer Drug Halts Fragile Brain Bleeds

Astrocyte Subtypes Drive Synapse Formation and Memory

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