Brainstem Neurons in Median Raphe Generate Sleep Drive in Mice
Researchers mapped mouse brain circuits to reveal that median raphe neurons actively generate sleep drive and govern non-rapid eye movement ...
Tag: sleep deprivation
One sleepless night leaves a machine-readable fingerprint in a runner’s gait
A single night of total sleep deprivation left a machine-detectable fingerprint in runners' gait that a trunk-mounted wearable sensor identified ...
Light Therapy Works Only During Sleep in Aging Mouse Brains
A study in mice finds that near-infrared light therapy clears beta-amyloid and improves memory in aged animals only when delivered ...
From Sleep Spindles to Shift Work: New Research Maps How Sleep Shapes Memory Across Life
A new Frontiers editorial synthesizes studies linking sleep microstructure, deprivation and night-to-night variability to memory and cognition from students to ...
Tau, Not Just Amyloid, May Drive the Fast Cognitive Hits of Sleep Loss, Researchers Argue
A new opinion article in Frontiers in Neurology argues that tau-related mechanisms, which respond rapidly to sleep loss, deserve far ...
Chronic Circadian Misalignment in Military Personnel: A Potential Contributor to Neuroinflammation Risk
A new perspective in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience argues that chronic circadian misalignment should be reconceptualized as a potential, modifiable ...
Desert Plant Compound Restores Sleep-Deprived Brains by Switching On a Key Antioxidant Pathway
A new rat study shows that glycosides from the desert plant Cistanche reverse sleep deprivation-induced cognitive decline by activating the ...
Twelve-Fold Fatigue Risk Found in Delivery Couriers Working 85-Hour Weeks on Short Sleep
A study of 6,619 Chinese delivery couriers finds that those working 85 or more hours per week on fewer than ...
Later School Bells Give Teenagers an Extra Hour of Sleep, Major Analysis Finds
A new meta-analysis finds that delaying school start times gives middle and high school students an average of 69 extra ...
Sleep, Stress and Cadet Cognition: Why the Numbers Need Careful Reading
A new letter in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine argues that psychological burden must be carefully accounted for when ...
Critical Care Nurses Face Widespread Sleep Issues
In the realm of healthcare, the well-being of those who provide care is often overshadowed by the demands of their ...
Sleep-deprived individuals less forthcoming with information about criminal history
AMES, Iowa - During the course of a criminal investigation, it is common for investigators to interview individuals who are ...
