Adult-Born Neurons Strengthen Memories While Mice Sleep
A study shows the activation of young brain cells in adult mice is necessary not just for forming memories, but consolidating them during rapid eye movement sleep, reports The Scientist.
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How Does Narcolepsy Change The Brain Over Time?
New longitudinal study sheds light on the neurological consequences of narcolepsy with cataplexy....
New Sleep Method Strengthens Brain’s Ability to Retain Memories
A new joint study by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers has yielded an innovative method for bolstering memory processes in the brain during sleep. The method relies on a memory-evoking scent...
Read MoreHere’s What Happens to the Brain During Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation can lead to slower mental processing and forgetfulness, reported Fast Company. Lack of sleep can slowed down your alertness and response time, says psychotherapist Jenny...
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Sleeping Sheep May Offer Clues to Human Brain Disease
People may count sheep when they cannot sleep, but when they do finally drift off their brains...
Read MoreMelatonin Could Ease Autistic Children’s Sleep Problems
Melatonin is safe for long-term use in autistic children who have difficulty sleeping, according to a new study. The study tracked the sleep hormone’s effects in autistic children over a two-year period. Melatonin...
Read MoreIs Alzheimer’s Disease Actually a Sleep Disorder?
A psychologist explains what you need to know about the connection between Alzheimer’s and sleep in Psychology Today.The role that amyloid plaque plays in Alzheimer’s disease is well-known, but here is a paradox that...
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Time of Day Impacts Brain Activity Measures
As the day progresses, the strength of the brain’s global signal fluctuation shows an...
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New AAN Guideline Addresses Sleep Problems in Autism
It is not uncommon for children and teens with autism spectrum disorder to struggle with sleep....
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Insomnia and Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Randomized Trial Provides Data on the Efficacy and Safety of BELSOMRA (suvorexant) C-IV
The Merck-funded trial brought patients into the sleep lab to determine whether total sleep time...
Read MoreThe Australian Bearded Dragon May Hold Secrets to Human Sleep
By tracing sleep-related neural signals to a specific region of the lizard’s brain—and linking that region to a mysterious part of the mammalian brain—a new study suggests complex sleep evolved even...
Read MoreHow Sleep Protects the Brain
Scientists say we need shut-eye to keep the brain healthy and guard against cognitive decline. Brain & Life explains why and how to get adequate rest. How well we sleep impacts how we think and feel, as well as our...
Read MoreGetting Enough Sleep May Help Brain Store, Recall Memories
A review of more than 130 studies explains how sleep helps people learn new information and plays an important role in storing learned content for future use. The review is published in the January 2020 issue of Physiology....
Read MoreTraumatic Brain Injury Impairs Hormone Production, Disrupting Sleep, Cognition, Memory
A collaborative team, led by Randall Urban, MD, The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB_ at Galveston’s Chief Research Officer and professor of endocrinology, has spent the past 20 years investigating this...
Read MoreDo Bacteria in the Brain Impact Sleep? Researchers Get a Keck Grant to Find Out
With a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation, neuroscience researchers at Washington State University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst will explore whether variations in brain levels of bacterial fragments...
Read MoreSleep and Stroke Risk: Are You Getting Enough Sleep or Too Much?
Harvard’s Health Blog looks at a new study that shows a link between too much sleep and stroke risk. Researchers publishing in the December 11, 2019, online issue of Neurology describe an analysis of stroke risk...
Read MoreAre You Getting Enough Sleep…Or Too Much? Sleep and Stroke Risk
Before trying to change your sleep habits, keep in mind that a new study did not conclude that more sleep actually causes strokes, reports the Harvard Health Blog.For example, people who sleep more at night or nap...
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