Hippocampal-dependent memory consolidation during sleep is hypothesized to depend on the synchronization of distributed neuronal ensembles, organized by the hippocampal sharp-wave ripples (SWRs, 80 to ...

Using the C. elegans worm, Dresden scientists show that sleep neuron activity controls protective gene expression during sleep. Disturbing sleep leads to overactivation of the sleep neuron, further ...

People spend about a third of their life asleep. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how our brains control falling asleep and waking up. Now, researchers led by Prof. Henrik Bringmann at the ...

We all know that stress can rob you of a good night’s sleep, but it’s more than just racing thoughts behind it. For the first time, scientists have identified how stress fires up brain cells at the ...

Credit: Neuron (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.10.003 Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten—a finding with ...

Sleeping deeply into the afternoon after an all-nighter or a late night out is one way the body repays its sleep debt. The sleep-wake cycle is regulated by a homeostatic process in which the body ...

The new model developed by Flatiron Institute researchers proposes that biological neurons have more control over their surroundings than previously thought, something that could be replicated in the ...