Lack of sleep significantly impairs our ability to stop unwanted and unpleasant thoughts from entering our mind, a new study
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‘Short sleep’ gene prevents memory deficits associated with sleep deprivation
The UCSF scientists who identified the two known human genes that promote “natural short sleep”—nightly sleep that lasts just four
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Sleep deprivation accelerates Alzheimer’s brain damage
Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the
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Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition
When a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, this traumatic event significantly
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