Share on Pinterest A new study shows deep brain stimulation applied during the deepest sleep cycle improves the brain’s ability to make memories. Leah Nash/The Washington Post/Getty Images Sleep is ...

A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended to patients with BMIs up ...

While we’re asleep at night, our brain is doing something incredible. The hippocampus and the neocortex, two of its key regions, talk back and forth, processing information for long-term ...

New research published in the European Heart Journal has shown that stimulation of the brain during deep sleep leads to improved cardiac output and relaxation of the left ventricle, leading to ...

A breakthrough study demonstrated for the first time that long-lasting memories are consolidated in the human brain through communication between the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex during sleep.

Use of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) may be effective for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but a higher body mass index (BMI) and supine sleeping position may decrease effects, according ...

Every night, when your head hits the pillow, you do more than just dream. Your brain takes all the information experienced that day — formulas crammed for a calculus test, snippets of office gossip, ...

It's another one of those nights. You lay in bed, frustration rising because no matter what you do, you can’t sleep. Your sound machine is going, your leg is kicked out from under the comforter to ...

A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended to patients with BMIs up ...