Researchers look at how sleep deprivation can impact cognition, information processing and memory. A new study reveals sleep deprived mice can demonstrate sleep like brain activity while awake.
A new study reports the brain mechanisms responsible for triggering memory are identical, whether a person is awake or asleep.
Researchers have identified novel neural pathways that help regulate sleep and wakefulness.
Researchers identify two proteins linked to alertness and the sleep-wake balance. Additionally, the study showed that the quality of wakefulness affects how quickly a mammal falls asleep.
Researchers say a new discovery about the pathways associated with consciousness contradicts conventional belief. The study reports the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain's pathway involved in wakefulness and consciousness, a finding that could help develop better methods for treating comas.
A new study reveals a specific pathway in the brains of fruit flies that prevents them from falling asleep during the day.
In pregnant women and mice, the daily schedule shifts a few hours forward during the first trimester. Activity levels also dip during this time. The advance of the daily schedule stabilizes, before gradually returning to normal during later stages of pregnancy.
Researchers have identified neurons that control wakefulness.
Researchers have discovered the thalamus plays a crucial role in the development of normal sleep and waking states.
According to a new study, a good night's sleep can help people recall facts they were unable to remember prior to taking a nap.
Extended periods of wakefulness can lead to neuronal injury, researchers report.
Researchers observe changes in two populations of visual cortex neurons in rodents waking from anesthesia.
