Study finds gut microbiome plays important role in sleep regulation
Transplanted bacteria from sleep-apnea mice caused sleep changes in recipient miceCredit: None Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep ...
Tag: Sleep/Sleep Disorders
The neurons that connect stress, insomnia, and the immune system
Credit: Jeremy Boringer Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and Stanford University have pinpointed the circuit in the brain ...
Narcolepsy drug did not increase risk of fetal malformation
Credit: Gunilla Sonnebring Modafinil is used to treat conditions such as narcolepsy. Reports have associated the drug with an increased ...
Concussions can cause long-term sleep problems
A study of nearly 400 patients shows that sleep problems are common -- and persistent -- following a concussion..Credit: Geir ...
UMass Amherst scientists invent new sensing eye mask
Wearable soft mask will be useful for new, cutting-edge sleep and psycho-social studiesCredit: UMass Amherst/Andrew lab AMHERST, Mass. - From ...
200 000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy
Humans prepared beds to sleep on right at the dawn of our species -- over 200 000 years agoCredit: A. ...
REM sleep tunes eating behavior
Credit: © Pascal Gugler / Insel Gruppe Despite our broad understanding of the different brain regions activated during rapid-eye-movement sleep, ...
Sleep apnea is a public health threat — Researchers developed android app to recognize it
Diagnosing sleep apnea is laborious and expensive, so easy-to-use methods for screening and long-term follow-up are neededCredit: Aalto University/ Matti ...
Functional in silico dissection of the brain during the natural wake-sleep cycle
A study involving Gustavo Deco, ICREA research professor and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, published in the ...
Online program improves insomnia in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
Participants also reported improvements in quality of life; Program helps survivors correct maladaptive sleep habits that sometimes develop during cancer ...
Artificial brains may need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brainsCredit: Los Alamos ...
Sleep-wake disturbances can predict recurrent events in stroke survivors
Credit: EAN (Vienna, Sunday, 24 May, 2020) Stroke survivors suffering from the burden of combined sleep-wake disturbances are more likely ...
Technology innovation for neurology
Brain signal measurement using printed tattoo electrodesCredit: © Greco - TU Graz In 2015 Francesco Greco, head of the Laboratory ...
Flies sleep when need arises to adapt to new situations
Study in fruit flies may shed light on sleep as an evolutionary toolCredit: Krishna Melnattur Flies that cannot take to ...