Caffeine doesn't just make it harder to fall asleep; it changes how the brain behaves during rest. New research shows that caffeine alters brain activity in ways that make sleep look more like ...

Late-night scrolling isn’t the only thing sabotaging your slumber. New research suggests that a common daily habit may send your brain into overdrive while you sleep — even if you do it hours before ...

A groundbreaking study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2024 has uncovered a potential link between sleeping on your back and an increased risk of neurodegenerative ...

You've probably already noticed what happens to your day when you don't get the recommended 7 hours of sleep the night before. You might not be as alert as usual, or you may find yourself with a ...

Getting adequate sleep has long been recognized as essential for overall health, but emerging research suggests that how you position your body during those crucial hours might be just as important as ...

It’s been known for millennia that the human body accumulates waste as a result of day-to-day functioning, but it’s now recognized that the awake, active brain also builds up waste that negatively ...

Julia Chapman has received funding from the Amercian Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, CogSleep, Woolcock Institute's Centre for Chronic Diseases of Ageing.

New research finds that sleep is essential for protecting brain mitochondria by transferring toxic metabolic waste from neurons to glial cells for disposal.

The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new ...