“We record an amazing number of signals when we study sleep,” co-senior researcher Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, a professor of sleep ...

Polysomnography is considered the gold-standard overnight sleep exam that uses various sensors to record brain activity, ...

A poor night's sleep portends a bleary-eyed next day, but it could also hint at diseases that will strike years down the road ...

The following information was released by the National Sleep Foundation:. Brian Clark is a writer and educator based in Los Angeles. His articles have appeared in The Austin Chronicle, Movieline and ...

A good night's sleep might be an additional benefit some gain from taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions ...

Bar-Ilan University research shows even jellyfish and sea anemones repair DNA during repose, underscoring the fact that a ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.

Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...

Studying ancient sea creatures’ snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of sleep.