Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC ...

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Researchers in Canada surveyed 1,082 university students about their eating habits, sleep patterns and dreams.  Remarkably, 40% reported that certain foods affected their sleep. Of that group, 20% ...

Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques, including transcranial direct current stimulation, are effective nonpharmacologic treatments for insomnia.

HealthDay News — Higher daytime intakes of fruits and vegetables and carbohydrates are associated with better sleep, according to a study published online June 11 in Sleep Health.

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

Microglia articles from across Nature Portfolio Microglia are a type of small macrophage-like glial cell in the central nervous system. Microglia can engage in phagocytosis, and are involved in ...

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Glial biology articles from across Nature Portfolio The study of the molecular and cellular biology of glial cells, for example, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells and microglia.