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Neural signatures of sleep in zebrafish
Fluorescence-based polysomnography in zebrafish reveals two major sleep signatures that share features with those of amniotes, which suggests that common neural sleep signatures emerged in the vertebrate brain over 450 million years ago.
- Louis C. Leung
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Neuroscience: Off to night school
One of sleep's most important functions is processing memory. Researchers are now starting to figure out how the brain helps us learn when we're asleep.
- Kerri Smith
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Neurodegeneration: Amyloid awakenings
Sleep disturbances may be an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases — but could sleep deficits cause these conditions in the first place?
- Moheb Costandi
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Mood disorders: The dark night
The causal relationships between lack of sleep and mood disorders remain murky. But one thing is clear as day: better sleep can have psychological benefits.
- Sarah DeWeerdt