Ever wondered why you sometimes have conversations in your sleep? These are the three leading explanations, according to ...

Sleep is known to be central to various physiological and mental processes, including the consolidation of memories, supporting various cognitive functions, helping to clear the brain of neurotoxins, ...

The model of sleep homeostasis regulation proposed in this study. Prolonged wakefulness activates CaMKII in PV-expressing neurons. The activated CaMKII then activates PV-expressing neurons, leading to ...

A significant breakthrough in the understanding of sleep mechanism opens new promise for treating sleep disorders and associated neuropsychiatric conditions: Scientists have pinpointed the melatonin ...

Researchers have found that people with obstructive sleep apnea have an increased cardiovascular risk due to reduced blood oxygen levels, largely explained by interrupted breathing. Obstructive sleep ...

Neuroscientists have established in recent decades the idea that some of each day’s experiences are converted by the brain into permanent memories during sleep the same night. Now, a new study ...

Sleep problems in midlife may cast a long shadow on psychological well-being, with women showing greater vulnerability than men nearly a decade later.

Sleep strips away consciousness, but it does not shut the brain down. PET imaging of 37 volunteers has shown that regional ...

If you're a female athlete who has ever felt inexplicably off during a training block: sluggish, under-recovered, not quite yourself—there's a good chance your sleep was part of the story. And there's ...