Our floodlit society has made sleep deprivation ... and Thanatos (death) are twin brothers. The Greeks may have been right. “You’re talking about a level of brain deactivation that is really ...

A scientific review confirms that poor sleep alters the metabolism of many cells, such as neurons, in a similar way to what ...

Chemical processes in the brain, essential to 'consolidating' new facts, take place in the hours after they are learned - and sleep deprivation may interfere with this process. So burning the ...

Claim: Lack of sleep can cause the brain to “eat itself”. Fact: Misleading. While sleep deprivation could lead brain disorder including Alzheimer’s, ‘brain eating itself’ is an ...

When your brain can't solidify memories or learn new things, you don't feel great mentally. Prolonged sleep deprivation takes a toll on your ability to regulate your emotions. You might have ...

Sleep deprivation has a negative physical and emotional impact, as your body and brain aren't getting the recovery time needed. While seven to nine hours is the recommended amount of sleep for an ...

People who get less deep sleep and dream sleep are more likely to have smaller volumes in critical brain regions These brain changes are in areas that have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease ...