If you regularly have a hard time getting restful sleep, you may need a sleep study. Also called polysomnography, a sleep study is a test that's used to diagnose sleep disorders. The good news? A ...

Dopamine neurons—the cells that drive reward and motivation while we're awake—become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new.

Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten—a ...

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain were active throughout the day with single-cell resolution. Using mouse models ...

A new study shows that precisely manipulating brain activity during sleep can help mice retain memories that would normally fade, offering a potential pathway for treating memory loss conditions.

Even if we can’t prove causation, the correlation is compelling—and it’s hard to ignore.

West Metro Fire Rescue will shift firefighter start times from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. after a sleep study revealed early shifts ...

Getting enough sleep and staying active are two of the most important things we can do for our health, but new research shows ...

The average adult should get a minimum of seven hours of sleep daily, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Dopamine neurons, which are responsible for reward and motivation in the brain, are active even during sleep. A new study ...

A new study published in npj Aging, one of the leading journals in gerontology and geriatrics, provides compelling evidence ...

A study reveals the shocking effects of drinking alcohol on airplanes, leading to decreased blood oxygen levels and potential ...