A common sleep aid restores healthier sleep patterns and protects mice from the brain damage seen in neurodegenerative ...

Mouse models treated with the sleep aid lemborexant had less brain damage compared to controls and mice that received a ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us ...

suggesting that a rare mutation in the SIK3 gene might allow the brain to function on less sleep than the average person needs. The study, originally published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Danish scientists found that a molecule called norepinephrine plays a key role in the brain's cleaning in mice. During deep sleep, the brainstem releases tiny waves of norepinephrine about once ...

Their study in mice showed how deep sleep may wash away waste buildup in the brain during waking hours, an essential process for maintaining brain health. The results for the first time describe ...

“The whole housekeeping function of sleep has been ignored for many, many years,” she says. Mice on zolpidem fell asleep faster and slept deeper than naturally sleeping mice, says ...

Sponsor Message These emergency-like responses were also directed toward dead mice, for a time, but rarely toward active or even sleeping mice. Mice were also much more likely to spring into ...

Danish scientists found that a molecule called norepinephrine plays a key role in the brain’s cleaning in mice. During deep sleep, the brainstem releases tiny waves of norepinephrine about once ...