A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has ...

Donald Dorff could hear the crowd roaring as he snatched the quarterback’s pitch from the air and sprinted toward the goal line. “There was a 280-pound tackle waiting for me, so I decided to give him ...

A Department of Defense-led research project wants to modulate REM sleep to help ease stress. The study also aims to enhance REM sleep in order to consolidate traumatic memories. Controlling REM sleep ...

A new study links tau pathology to disrupted sleep in Alzheimer's disease. Sleep expert Dr. Wendy Troxel discusses how critical sleep is for brain health.

New research reveals that neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus -- the region of the brain that regulates sleep and body temperature -- are rhythmically activated during non-rapid eye movement sleep ...

Experts say it’s an important question to consider. Most of us spend a third of our lives sleeping, but you may need more or ...