A new study finds that entering N2 sleep—a deep phase of non-rapid eye movement sleep—may help lead to more “eureka” ...

How do animals bounce back from sleep deprivation? Scientists found a subset of neurons in the mouse thalamus that repay this ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD As we sleep, our brain moves through four stages and two phases: non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM). The brain has four stages within ...

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN DURING SLEEP? What Happens During Each Stage of Sleep Have you ever wondered what actually happens ...

“People with anxiety disorders routinely report having disturbed sleep, but rarely is sleep improvement considered as a clinical recommendation for lowering anxiety,” Simon said. “Our study not only ...

This release examines emerging trends in nighttime weight management and the growing discussion surrounding blue light ...

Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep arousal disorders involve repeated episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, most commonly sleepwalking or night terrors (also known as sleep terrors), but ...

The study itself focuses on NREM sleep, the lighter sleep stage often experienced during naps. Researchers examined neural activity in macaques performing visual tasks before and after a 30-minute ...

Sleeping deeply into the afternoon after an all-nighter or a late night out is one way the body repays its sleep debt. The ...

New research reveals how synaptic connections in the cerebral cortex can strengthen during sleep, offering insight into how ...

Firstly, during NREM sleep, the researches saw “statistically significant reductions in power in the delta, theta and alpha frequency bands,” in the group who had consumed caffeine.

SIK3 has a part in regulating both the need for sleep and the amount of NREM (non-rapid-eye-movement) sleep we get each night.