Researchers at MIT and Harvard have identified a striking biological pattern behind the mental fog that follows a sleepless ...

Turning our clocks ahead next weekend, will rob us all of an hour – as we are sleeping. With World Sleep Day coming up on Friday (March 13), and in honor of Brain Awareness Week that starts Monday ...

UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness. The ...

Sleep helps the brain to cleanse itself—and now this process can be measured in humans entirely noninvasively. Researchers at the University of Oulu have developed a method that allows the increased ...

For years, sleep has been framed as a basic pillar of good health. New research suggests it could be something even more powerful: a potential shield against Alzheimer’s disease. A study published ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to conditions like Parkinson’s disease, depression and sleep disorders. While ...

Struggling to catch some ZZZs? Cutting down on caffeine, kicking a smoking habit, curbing alcohol intake and sticking to a regular workout routine are great first steps toward getting some much-needed ...

An entrepreneur has shared three techniques that helped him reduce the time it takes to fall back asleep from 30 minutes to ...