The key to keeping your wits about you as you age may lie in shut-eye during midlife. A study found that people over 60 who didn’t get enough slow-wave sleep — the third stage in the human sleep cycle ...

Thanks to the Internet, it's the age of self-diagnosis. People like to learn about (and treat) themselves through technology. As a sleep researcher, I was interested in my friends' use of ...

Researchers at the University of Lausanne have identified a novel role for the brain's 'locus coeruleus' in sleep and its disruptions. This brain region facilitates the transition between NREM and REM ...

While a solid eight hours of uninterrupted rest is the dream, Dr. Ruchir Patel, a triple-board-certified sleep physician, clarifies that waking up briefly is a standard part of the human sleep cycle.

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.