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July 4, 2023

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Deep-Brain Stimulation During Sleep Strengthens Memory

New research provides the first physiological evidence from inside the human brain supporting the dominant scientific theory on how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. Further, deep-brain stimulation during a critical time in the sleep cycle appeared to improve memory ...

Junk Food May Impair Our Deep Sleep

In a new study, researchers have investigated how junk food affects sleep. Healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as well as a healthier diet in a randomized order. After the unhealthier diet, the quality of the participants' deep sleep had deteriorated, compared with those who had followed ...

Keeping Time: Understanding the Master Clock in the Brain

Researchers found that, in neurons that produced the neuropeptide NMS, the interaction between molecules SIK3 and HDAC4 has a critical role in sleep regulation through both the length of the circadian period and sleep homoeostasis. Given the similarities among different mammals, new information ...

Losing Sleep Over Losing Sleep: How Watching the Clock Impacts Insomnia, Use of Sleep Aids

Watching the clock while trying to fall asleep exacerbates insomnia and the use of sleep aids, according to new research -- and a small change could help people sleep ...
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Time Out: We All Need a Three-Day Weekend

As a four-day work week is trialed in countries across the globe, health researchers say they're 'all in' when it comes to a long weekend, especially as new empirical research shows ...

Fluid Flow in the Brain Can Be Manipulated by Sensory Stimulation

Researchers report that the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is linked to waking brain activity. The study demonstrates that manipulating blood flow in the brain with visual stimulation ...

Early Morning University Classes Correlate With Poor Sleep and Academic Performance

Sleep scientists' analyses show associations between early classes, less sleep, poor attendance and reduced grade point average. Studies in secondary and junior college students have shown that ...

Short Night-Time Sleep Linked With Nearly Doubled Risk of Clogged Leg Arteries

Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% raised likelihood of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight ...

Sleep Quality Is Significantly Associated With Quality of Life Indicators Over Time

Sleep quality is much more significantly linked to quality of life over time than sleep duration or 'social jetlag,' according to a new ...

Getting a Good Night's Sleep Could Boost Your Response to Vaccination

We all know how important sleep is for mental health, but a meta-analysis found that getting good shut-eye also helps our immune systems respond to vaccination. The authors found that people who ...

Poor Sleep Linked to Years of Poor Cardiovascular Health

Having trouble sleeping? A new study examines the link between poor sleep and cardiovascular disease-free life ...

Trouble Falling Asleep at Bedtime or in the Middle of the Night? It Could Impact Your Risk for Developing Dementia

Adding to the growing body of evidence on sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment, new research finds significant links between three measures of sleep disturbance and the risk for developing ...

A Good Night's Sleep May Make It Easier to Stick to Exercise and Diet Goals

People who had higher scores for sleep health -- based on regularity, satisfaction, alertness, timing, efficiency and duration -- during a 12-month weight loss program were more likely to follow the ...

Acid Glia in REM Sleep: Stronger Acid Response in Epileptic Mice

Changes in our REM sleep patterns could potentially be used to diagnose the severity of epilepsy, a new study has suggested. Researchers showed that astrocytes -- star-shaped glial cells that control ...

Getting Good Sleep Could Add Years to Your Life

Getting good sleep can play a role in supporting your heart and overall health -- and maybe even how long you live -- according to new ...

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Indicator of Early Form of Parkinson's in Stool Sample

The so-called isolated REM-sleep behavior disorder is a condition that can provide an indication of Parkinson's disease well in ...

Study Finds Chronically Disrupted Sleep May Increase the Risk for Heart Disease

Sleep irregularity -- chronically disrupted sleep and highly variable sleep durations night after night -- may increase the risk for atherosclerosis, according to a new ...

Nightly Sleep Is Key to Student Success

A multi-institutional team of researchers conducted the first study to evaluate how the duration of nightly sleep early in the semester affects first year college students end-of-semester grade point ...

Researchers Find a Link Between Traffic Noise and Tinnitus

There is a correlation between traffic noise and risk of developing tinnitus, researchers have found. They point to a vicious cycle involving stress reactions and sleep disturbance as a potential ...

Moderate and Intense Physical Activity Favors Good Sleep

Proper sleep is critical for the maintenance of good health, and vice versa -- a healthy lifestyle has been found to improve sleep quality. To better examine the relationship between physical ...

Do Sleep Medications Increase Your Chances of Dementia?

A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in whites. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher ...

Mating Causes 'Jet Lag' in Female Fruit Flies, Changing Behavior

An innovative technique finds seminal fluid protein transferred from male to female fruit flies during mating changes the expression of genes related to the fly's circadian ...

Study Unravels Interplay Between Sleep, Chronic Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation

Spinal cord stimulation uses low levels of electricity to relieve pain. A study is the first to measure this treatment's effects on patients by gauging improvement in insomnia after spinal cord ...

Non-Invasive Neurotechnology Reduces Symptoms of Insomnia and Improves Autonomic Nervous System Function

一项新的研究显示显著的改善only sleep quality, but also in improved autonomic nervous system function using a closed-loop, acoustic stimulation ...

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