Your brain cycles through several stages during sleep, and REM sleep might be the most critical. This mysterious phase, where ...

Hypnic jerks, or the involuntary muscle twitches and glitches that jolt us awake, are harmless bodily reactions to stress and other stimulants—but what causes them?

Are you relying on melatonin supplements to fix your sleep schedule? Here's what you need to know about the dangers of ...

REM sleep is essential for short-term resilience and long-term health. Experts share tips for the best way to get more of this essential phase of shuteye.

A proteolytically inactive BACE1 knock-in (BACE1-KI, D289N) is compared with a BACE1 knockout (BACE1-KO) mouse to dissect ...

Nearly 8% of the general population experiences sleep paralysis, but people are unaware that REM sleep disruptions can create ...

If that sounds like you, then it turns out you might be “drockling”. Drockling was coined by scientists in the ’70s, Dr Mary ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

Your mattress has the biggest impact on how comfy (or not) you feel in bed, how quickly you fall asleep, how often you wake ...

According to Rebekah Parr, a physiologist at Nuffield Health, if your bedroom is too hot, your body will also work hard to ...

The sleep phase metrics will often suggest how rested you feel even with a full night’s sleep—for example, eight hours of ...

“Normally during sleep, your brain releases ADH (antidiuretic hormone) that tells your kidneys to CONSERVE water – so you can ...