Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have taken a first step in exploring a rather complex question: what is happening inside the brain of somebody who may be considered "stuck" between sleep and wakefulness?
May 13, 2024
0
33
The brain's ability to rid itself of toxins may actually be reduced during sleep, contrary to the leading scientific theory.
May 13, 2024
0
73
Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood, new research shows.
May 8, 2024
0
66
A study published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience by an international team including the Woolcock's Dr. Rick Wassing examined research into sleep disorders over more than two decades to prove a good night's sleep is the perfect ...
May 7, 2024
0
53
During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake—but only during the first half of a night's sleep, according to a new study in fish by UCL scientists.
May 1, 2024
0
35
Due to a later melatonin onset and increased alertness in the evening, teenagers often find it hard to fall asleep at a time that would allow them to clock up the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep each night.
May 1, 2024
0
44
Creatine is a popular dietary supplement in the sports community that is used to improve physical performance. Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have now discovered that a high single dose of creatine can temporarily ...
Apr 25, 2024
0
92
A research team from the School of Nursing, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found positive effects of tai chi and aerobic exercise on sleep quality, psychological well-being, physical function, ...
Apr 25, 2024
0
37
University of California, Irvine biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to originate ...
Apr 10, 2024
0
95
A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended to patients with BMIs up to 40, a weight range ...
Apr 4, 2024
0
21
