Insomnia May Be Risk Factor for Highly Fatal Brain Aneurysm Rupture
More than 3% of adults worldwide have unruptured blood vessel malformations in the brain called intracranial aneurysms, the majority of which will never rupture.
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How Do Migraines Affect the Sleep Cycle?
“We wanted to analyze recent research to get a clearer picture of how migraines affect people’s sleep patterns and the severity of their headaches."
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Sleep Is Vital to Linking Emotion with Memory
A research team's findings could have implications for how anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are understood.
In Mice, There Is a ‘Massive Flow of Red Blood Cells Through the Brain Capillaries During REM Sleep’
Previous studies have measured differences in blood flow in the brain between REM sleep, non-REM sleep, and wakefulness using various methods, with conflicting results.
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Sleep Disorders Remain Underdiagnosed Among Pediatric Patients with Migraines
Sleep disorders are highly prevalent in pediatric patients with migraine and are often associated with a higher headache severity.
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Sleep Apnea IDed as Risk Factor for Intracerebral Hemorrhage
A public health measure to lower risk factors could pay for itself by reducing the number of intracerebral hemorrhage cases.
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Sleep ‘Sweet Spot’ Protects the Brain, Study Suggests
How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology
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STOP-BANG Plus Home Sleep Test Can Find Most Stroke Patients Who Have Sleep Apnea Before They Leave the Hospital
Researchers have developed a simple, fast hospital-based screening and testing method that correctly identified most patients with sleep apnea.
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How the Brain Strengthens Memories During Sleep
A precise combination of slow oscillations and sleep spindles is vital for opening windows during which memories are reactivated.
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Poor Sleep Predicts Long-term Cognitive Decline in Hispanics More Than in Whites
“This was like a natural experiment in which we removed the effect that obesity has on cognition and saw ‘the pure effect’ of sleep difficulties, such as sleep apnea, and long sleep duration on cognitive health.”
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Brain Cortex May Regulate Need for Sleep
When the neurons in these areas of the brain were deactivated, the lab mice suddenly stayed awake for at least three hours longer every day.
Read MoreBrain Memory Signals Linked to Blood Sugar Levels
The impact of sleep disturbance on sharp wave ripples may provide a mechanistic link between poor sleep and high blood sugar levels seen in type 2 diabetes.
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Winning Experiences Preferentially Replayed During Sleep
Scientists placed volunteers in an MRI in the early evening and had them play two video games.
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Sleep Twitches Facilitate Motor Cortex Development in Rats
Feedback from self-generated movements may build representations of the body that will later orchestrate movement.
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The Brain Shows Sleep-Like Activity When the Mind Wanders, Study Finds
Scientists tested the relationship between sleep and lapses of attention in new research published in Nature Communications.
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Scientists Observe Vagus Nerve Stimulation Effect on Brain Activity During Sleep & Wakefulness
Vagal-evoked potentials were largest during a specific sleep stage called nonREM sleep, during which large, slow waves dominate the electrical activity of the brain.
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Are Toxins Flushed Out of the Brain During Sleep?
Anthony Komaroff, MD, discusses how one of the most interesting discoveries in the past decade is that the brain has a “waste management system” that is active during sleep.
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Human Brain Replays New Memories at 20x Speed During Waking Rest
Wakeful consolidation is approximately four times greater in magnitude than classically studied overnight consolidation requiring sleep.
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