New research published by scientists at Kessler Foundation provides critical insights into the role of sleep in motor learning for individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The sleep group had a 45-minute nap, while the wake group remained awake, watching a documentary ... Brain Injury Research and director of the Brain Injury and Behavioral Outcomes Laboratory. "Our ...

the team used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to investigate the brain activity of 85 healthy adults, half of which had experienced a healthy night sleep in the sleep lab ...

"We studied their brain activity using fMRI [functional magnetic resonance imaging], their sleep and physical activity patterns using a smartring, their heart and respiration rates using a ...

The sleep disorder also appears to have direct effects on brain health, a new study shows. People with sleep apnea appear to experience accelerated aging of the brain's white matter, which serves ...

In a new study led by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), poor sleep was linked to faster brain aging in middle-aged adults. While previous studies have focused on older adults ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...

Every minute or so during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, the brain releases a wave of norepinephrine, a hormone that is one of the brain’s primary neurotransmitters. Norepinephrine is a ...

We know quality sleep is good for our overall health, but new research is pointing to its importance for brain health too. In the study, published Wednesday in online journal Neurology ...

Humans and other animals encounter and remember countless experiences each day; when we sleep, groups of cells in the brain known as neuronal ensembles replay these experiences to consolidate them ...

Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that important nightly ritual. Researchers record brainwaves along with muscle and ...

The sleep group had a 45-minute nap, while the wake group remained awake, watching a documentary ... Brain Injury Research and director of the Brain Injury and Behavioral Outcomes Laboratory. "Our ...