Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative ...

At this point, though, it's unclear whether the hormones themselves drive the brain changes or how this cycle affects male ...

Their observations revealed that norepinephrine levels in the brain fluctuate about every 50 seconds during non-REM sleep.

Researchers reveal norepinephrine’s critical role in the brain’s glymphatic system during deep sleep. Small pulses create ...

Researchers uncover how blood vessel rhythms drive brain to cleans itself during sleep and reveal potential disruptions.

Now researchers have estimated the speed of information flow in the human brain: just 10 bps. They titled their study, published this month in the journal Neuron, “The unbearable slowness of ...

In other cases, a blood vessel can rupture and bleed into the brain (haemorrhagic stroke). In both types of stroke, deprived of oxygen from the loss of blood flow, millions of brain cells rapidly die ...

Getting a good night's sleep is a critical part of our daily biological cycle and is associated with improved brain function, ...

A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.