I took part in a gold standard sleep study to find out what happens during a sleep cycle — here are my results
But how do sleep cycles work? To find out, I took part in a polysomnography. This is a gold standard sleep study that helps ...
REM sleep boosts immunity, regulates emotions and develops the brain — but are you getting enough?
"Deep sleep builds your immune system, and REM sleep regulates and fine-tunes it," says Darwall-Smith agrees. During deep ...
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While We Sleep, Our Mind Goes on an Amazing Journey
we’re also regulating our mood and consolidating our memories. Rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep was discovered in 1953—more than 15 years after stages 1 through 4 had been mapped—by Eugene ...
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The potential dangers of sleep trackers, according to experts
Our brain uses light sleep to transition between slow-wave sleep, or deep sleep, and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, which is the stage in which we dream. Experts say about 50% of your night ...
A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered
REM sleep behavior disorder is characterized by acting out dreams, which may include shouting, kicking and punching during ...
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Sleep Attacks: What You Should Know
Hypocretin, also called orexin, is a brain chemical that controls when you’re awake and when you’re in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. People with narcolepsy often don’t have as many brain ...
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The Day Tomorrow Began: Sleep Research
For the past century, the University of Chicago has been a pioneer in sleep research—from opening the world’s first laboratory devoted to sleep research to discovering REM sleep. Today, UChicago ...