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Digging into Sleep’s Effects

Researchers look at the molecular level for answers to why some people can resist the ills of sleep deprivation.
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The Sleep-Deprived Brain

A single night’s missed sleep increases levels of amyloid-beta in the brain, according to a new NIH study; more evidence that maintaining healthy sleep habits is good medicine.
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Cerebrum Podcast #12: The Sleeping Brain

Chiara Cirelli talks about the difference between sleep and rest, the impact of sleep on memory, different sleeping habits, and the ties between nutrition and sleep.

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Sleep Awareness Week Interview with Clifford Saper

For National Sleep Awareness Week, we talked to sleep expert Clifford Saper, M.D., Ph.D., about common sleep disorders, the importance of sleep hygiene, and where his research is headed.
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The Neuroscience of Bedtime

Chronically rising too early or too late can lead to health troubles.
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Wake up, I’m Speaking: The Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreaming

Sleep, or the lack of it, is the focus of considerable research in the United States, where sleep disorders and sleep deprivation have been associated with poor cognitive performance, behavioral problems, accidents, ill health and other factors that adversely affect quality of life.

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Sleep, Aging & Alzheimer’s

Q&A with Clifford B. Saper, M.D., Ph.D.

Dana grantee Clifford Saper discusses his research into the connection between sleep problems in aging and an area of the brain known as the “sleep switch.”

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