How Daytime Sleep Changes Memories of Emotional Trauma
Scientists studied the effect of sleep on the formation and consolidation of fear memory into long-term memory.
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Men’s and Women’s Brains Might Experience Night Shift Differently
Research sheds light on how stress the brain may experience due to one night of total sleep loss differs between men and women.
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DOD Funds Initiative to Enhance Brain Cleansing During Sleep
The proposed technology for improving glymphatic function is a wireless, combined electroencephalography/transcranial electrical stimulation headband.
Study: New Links Between REM Sleep Disturbances and Drug Relapse
Hypothalamic MCH neurons may be a treatment target, report researchers in Biological Psychiatry.
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Noradrenaline Wakes Up Mice 100+ Times a Night—And Is Linked to ‘Super’ Memory
A new study from the University of Copenhagen found that the refreshing part of sleep is driven by waves of transmitter noradrenaline.
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Parkinson’s Disease: Bad Dreams Could be an Early Warning Sign
People with newly diagnosed Parkinson’s who experience recurring dreams with “aggressive or action-packed” content have more rapid disease progression.
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Scientists Use Sleep as a Lens to Understand Sensory Perception, Consciousness
A new discovery from Tel Aviv University may provide a key to a great scientific enigma: How does the awake brain transform sensory input into a conscious experience?
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Sleep and Aging: How Wakefulness Neurons Change With Age
Age-associated changes in the activity of neurons, a group of brain cells that transmit information, are responsible for disrupted sleep in older mice, according to a study published in Science.
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Higher AHI Linked to Worse Driving in Real-World Study (Editor’s Message)
For every eight additional breathing interruptions per hour, the odds of making a dangerous driving move increase by 27%.
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Neurocrine Biosciences Presents Data on Sleep Disturbances and Off Time in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Fluctuations
The data, presented at SLEEP 2022, provide insight on the impact of off time’s contribution to sleep disturbances in Parkinson’s disease.
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How Sleep Builds Relational Memory
A new study describes the underlying mechanisms that strengthen or create new relational memories during sleep.
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Circadian Misalignment Linked to Sleep Architecture in Autism
Circadian misalignment in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with sleep architecture with reduced slow-wave sleep and increased REM sleep.
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Restricted Sleep Increases Some Symptoms of Migraine, Study Finds
Using a transcranial magnetic stimulation method, researchers have found that reduced sleep alters central nervous inhibition from GABAergic and dopaminergic mechanisms differently in individuals with migraines versus those without.
Read MoreHow the Sleeping Brain Works with Emotions
Researchers have identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to consolidate the storage of positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative ones.
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‘Excessive Daytime Napping Might Be a Signal of Accelerated Aging’
Excessive daytime napping predicted an increased future risk of Alzheimer’s dementia, and a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia sped up the increase in daytime napping during aging.
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How Brain Pulsation Changes During Sleep and Facilitates Waste Clearance
The results of the study may help in the understanding not only of brain clearance but also the mechanisms behind brain and memory diseases.
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Loss of Neurons, Not Lack of Sleep, Make Alzheimer’s Patients Drowsy
The study’s findings contradict the common notion that Alzheimer’s patients sleep during the day to make up for a bad night of sleep and point toward potential therapies to help these patients feel more awake.
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Familial Natural Short Sleep Can Shield Against Neurodegenerative Disease
With familial natural short sleep, the brain accomplishes its sleep tasks in a shorter time. Less time spent efficiently sleeping may not equate to a lack of sleep.
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