This is especially true, according to the experts at The Sleep Foundation, for REM sleep. On their website, The Sleep ...

During REM sleep, your heart rate increases, your blood pressure elevates, and your eyes move. REM sleep may also be the time when your brain processes emotions and solidifies memories.

Scientists have long noted eerie parallels between psychedelic trips and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the stage during which you dream. Some even suggest psychedelics could induce a “waking ...

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 ...

Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts of the brain associated with Alzheimer’s ...

M.J.M. Dear M.J.M.: When we are in dream sleep (also called REM sleep), the body's muscles are essentially turned "off" by the brain. If you are dreaming you are running, you don't want to ...

A new study suggests that insufficient slow-wave and REM sleep may accelerate brain deterioration associated with Alzheimer's disease. Experts recommend maintaining deep sleep through a conducive ...