Category: Parameters

Parameters

Statistical Model to Help ID Circadian Rhythm Genes

Scientists hope to fully understand how these genes work together to make one person more productive in the early morning while another thrives in the middle of the night.

Parameters

Duke Lemur Center Works to Understand Hibernation

Our closest hibernating relative has gone into true, deep hibernation in captivity for the first time at the Duke Lemur Center.

Parameters

Common Pesticides Reduce Sleep Quantity in Insects

As well as finding that agricultural concentrations of neonicotinoids ruined the flies' ability to remember, the researchers also saw changes in the clock in the fly brain.

Quality

Sleep-Deprived Mice Find Cocaine More Rewarding

Too-little sleep can increase the rewarding properties of cocaine, according to new research in mice published in eNeuro.

Quantity

Increasing Sleep Time After Trauma Could Ease Ill Effects

The finding holds particular promise for populations that are routinely exposed to trauma, such as military personnel and first responders.

Circadian Rhythms

Chronotypes & Competition Timing May Have Outsize Impact on Who Wins Olympic Gold

Shifting the clock to reach peak performance at the right time could make the difference between winning and losing.

Impact During Wake

Novel Sleep Index, Wakefulness May Predict If Critically Ill Patients Are Able to Breathe on Their Own

Critically ill patients are more likely to be successfully weaned from a mechanical ventilator, or...