MIT study reveals how sleep deprivation causes your brain to flush itself clean while you’re awake, disrupting focus and coordination. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Everything’s a little off when you haven’t ...

Sleep is something we all do every day, yet it’s surprisingly complex and full of mystery. While it may feel like nothing ...

Researchershave found that brain cell activity during sleep is responsible for propelling fluid into, through and out of the brain, cleaning it of debris. There lies a paradox in sleep. Its apparent ...

Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep. (Nadia Alzoubi, University of Oxford/Natalie Haugland, University of Copenhagen) (CN) — Danish scientists say a ...

Getting a good night’s sleep seems simple enough, but for 70 million Americans struggling with chronic sleep issues, it’s anything but easy. While many turn to sleep aids for relief, groundbreaking ...

Nearly 936 million adults worldwide are fighting an invisible battle each night as they sleep. The culprit: sleep apnea, a condition that does more than just disrupt peaceful slumber – it may be ...

Research once viewed sleep as a passive state of “nothingness,” but modern neuroscience has revealed it to be a highly active, complex, and essential biological process. Far from being “down time,” ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover neurogenesis in adulthood (yes! your brain can make new neurons even as you age), the link between exercise and increased neurogenesis in the ...

More than good old fashioned beauty sleep! Source: iStock / Getty, with permission Although our brains comprise only 2 percent of our overall body weight, they consume roughly 20 percent of our daily ...

Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...

A 2023 study found that shorter sleep duration causes reduced brain cortical thickness. Sleep disorders increase the risk of Alzheimer’s, stroke, and cognitive decline. Chronic sleep deprivation ...