by University of Virginia Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals why sleep can put people with epilepsy at increased risk of sudden death. Both sleep and seizures work together to slow the heart rate, the researchers found. Seizures also disrupt the body’s natural regulation of sleep-related changes. Together, in some instances, this can...
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN When you slip into sleep, it’s easy to imagine that your brain shuts down, but University of Michigan research suggests that groups of neurons activated during prior learning keep humming, tattooing memories into your brain. U-M researchers have been studying how memories associated with a specific sensory event are formed and stored in mice. In a study conducted...
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA IMAGE: HOW THE BRAIN PARALYZES YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA Tsukuba, Japan — We laugh when we see Homer Simpson falling asleep while driving, while in church, and while even operating the nuclear reactor. In reality though, narcolepsy, cataplexy, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder are all...
By Ratan-NM, M. Pharm. Reviewed by Sophia Coveney, B.Sc. Adequate sleep is vital for good health; unfortunately, not many people relate to this feeling. Amidst the growing workload and late-night culture, the importance of proper sleep is often side-lined. This issue is much relevant in the current pandemic when people are working from home. Image...
JAMES HAMBLIN DECEMBER 21, 2020 PETER CADE / GETTY The newly discovered coronavirus had killed only a few dozen people when Feixiong Cheng started looking for a treatment. He knew time was of the essence: Cheng, a data analyst at the Cleveland Clinic, had seen similar coronaviruses tear through China and Saudi Arabia before, sickening...
Since an average human spends one-third of their life asleep, it is apparent that the quality of sleep has an important impact on the overall life quality. Sleep has restorative power and improves human brain functioning, in particular memory and attention. Sleepy people have problems with concentration and commit more mistakes, which can contribute to...
by University of California, Los Angeles A UCLA-led team of scientists reports on why sleep is vital to our health and how the brain heals during sleep. Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has...
Penn Medicine study may point to new strategies for improving sleep and preventing neurodegenerative disease UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE An important biological mechanism that is thought to protect brain cells from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s may also be involved in regulating sleep, according to new research from the Perelman School...
by Whitelaw Reid, University of Virginia University of Virginia professors Joanna Lee Williams and Richard J. Bonnie believe that adolescence is a period of “extraordinary” opportunity for learning and exploration, and for laying a strong foundation for a successful life. Williams and Bonnie are part of an interdisciplinary committee of experts from around the country...
FEBRUARY 4TH, 2020 POSTED BY ALICE SCOTT-WARWICK There’s a link between children’s sleep duration and depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior, and poor cognitive performance, researchers report. In a new paper in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers examine the relationship between sleep duration and brain structure in 11,000 children ages 9-11 from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development dataset. The...
