Researchers led by Masako Tamaki at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan report a link between deep sleep and cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid that surrounds and supports the brain and ...

New research provides the first physiological evidence from inside the human brain supporting the dominant scientific theory on how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. Further, deep-brain ...

People who have more disrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to new research published in the January 3, 2024, online ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in our understanding of how memories form in the brain and how this process may be disrupted by not getting enough sleep. The findings offer exciting insights into ...

You don’t have to be a health expert to know that sleep (or lack of it) greatly affects the body. Anyone who’s ever spent the night tossing and turning knows that not getting enough sleep means a day ...

One of the most important parts of living a healthy lifestyle is getting a good night's sleep. Quality sleep can prevent illness, reduce stress, and enhance cognitive function, just to name a few. A ...

Chronic sleep deprivation acts as a systemic stressor, elevating risks for cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysregulation while impairing cognitive function.

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

.New research reveals that neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus - the region of the brain that regulates sleep and body temperature - are rhythmically activated during non-rapid eye movement sleep ...

Other conditions, including untreated sleep apnea, can also affect your memory, Fotuhi says. Mental processes such as attention, stress, pain, lack of sleep, and low levels of depression and anxiety ...

As 2016 closes out, most Americans, and probably most people around the world, will be glad to see it go. Some years produce an abundance of misery and this was one of them. It almost certainly hasn’t ...