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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,” ...

Night-time leg cramps are common but poorly understood. An orthopaedic doctor explains why they strike during sleep, what ...

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Abstract: Automatic sleep spindles are hallmark EEG features of non-REM stage 2 sleep and play a crucial role in maintaining sleep stability, consolidating memory, and promoting neurocognitive ...

A new study reveals that while we sleep, our brains quietly sort through the day’s experiences, keeping what we intend to remember and letting emotion-driven moments drift away. Study: Top-down ...

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Thanh Dang-Vu (left) with Loïc Barbaux: “In addition to not being very safe, these drugs also make sleep quality worse in ways that may be detrimental to brain health.” Long-term use of benzodiazepine ...

New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience reveals that basic sound processing remains active in the brainstem during non-rapid eye movement sleep, but weakens in the auditory cortex as ...