A new study has found a link between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. The research from China, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia by the Alzheimer’s Association, ...

Scientists have identified a new early warning sign for Alzheimer’s disease linked to sleep patterns, specifically delayed REM sleep, which could provide critical insights into early diagnosis and ...

Changes in our REM sleep patterns could potentially be used to diagnose the severity of epilepsy, a new study has suggested. Researchers showed that astrocytes -- star-shaped glial cells that control ...

In a recent study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, researchers investigated the impacts of full-night-, early-night deprivation-, and late-night deprivation sleep on whole-brain ...

Scientists say there's a strong link between irregular sleep and heart disease, according to a study. Here, what they found ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a team of researchers in the United States (U.S.) used longitudinal, objectively measured data on sleep patterns and durations obtained from ...

In a new study from the University of Michigan, researchers have coupled experiments with models of neuronal circuits, like the one shown here, to investigate the role of the non-REM to REM sleep ...

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, deep sleep, and sleep irregularity were significantly associated with increased risk for a range of chronic diseases, based on a new study of > 6000 individuals. "Most ...