During sleep, especially during a stage called REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, your brain sorts through the memories you made ...

Cholinergic modulation of neural networks supports sequential and complementary roles for NREM and REM states in memory ...

That theory posits that, if memories were shrubs, the non-REM phase of sleep helps them grow taller and stronger. The REM ...

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new theory on the biological function of sleep. Their model suggests ...

Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, ...

In OSA, oxygen desaturation respiratory events during REM sleep occur more often in Black adults, especially Black women, than in White adults.

Sleeping deeply into the afternoon after an all-nighter or a late night out is one way the body repays its sleep debt. The ...