Research reveals how specific sleep stages protect brain vulnerable to Alzheimer's, offering hope through simple lifestyle ...

Scientists say that poor sleep quality could shrink parts of the brain and increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

During REM sleep, your heart rate, blood pressure, brain activity, and breathing increase. “Your eyes move rapidly, even ...

Among the various sleep stages, two of the most well-known are REM sleep and deep sleep. REM sleep is closely associated with cognition and emotions (not to mention vivid dreams). Meanwhile ...

Spending lower proportions of time in two deep sleep stages — including REM sleep — may be linked to volume changes in critical brain regions that can be vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study ...

Not getting enough of deeper stages of sleep raises the risk of brain deterioration associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a ...

A new study suggests that insufficient slow-wave and REM sleep may accelerate brain deterioration associated with Alzheimer's ...

It's when, she says, "your body focuses on physical repair and recovery," adding that during it, "your breathing ... sleep is also known as slow-wave sleep and is the third and deepest stage of ...

They also measured the proportion of slow wave sleep, the proportion of REM sleep, and how often they experienced arousal during the night. The scientists found that having less slow-wave sleep ...

Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts of the brain associated with Alzheimer’s ...