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What Really Goes On In A Sleeping Teen's Brain

Posted 03.21.2013 | Healthy Living

A new sleep study reveals the multitude of changes the brain undergoes during adolescence. The study, published in the American Journal of Physiol...

A Better Understanding Of The Sleeping Brain

Posted 10.10.2012 | Healthy Living

A new study is shedding more light on the relationship between sleep and memory. The entorhinal cortex, which connects the neocortex brain region ...

Sleep Problems May Contribute To Cognitive Decline

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 10.26.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Michael J. Breus

A group of studies, all conducted independently, have reached a similar sobering conclusion: Sleep problems -- including several common sleep difficulties faced by millions of people on a regular basis -- may, over time, lead to cognitive impairment and even dementia.

Too Much, Too Little Sleep Linked With Alzheimer's Risk

Posted 07.17.2012 | Healthy Living

Getting too little -- or too much -- sleep could be bad for the aging brain, according to new studies presented at the Alzheimer's Association Interna...

Sleep May Protect Positive Memories

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 04.09.2012 | Healthy Living

A new study sheds more light on the relationship between sleep and memory preservation, and shows that sleep may actually help to protect our positive...

Your Brain On Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 04.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Michael J. Breus

There's still a great deal of information about the effects of sleep on the brain that we don't yet understand, so any research that sheds light on this subject is exciting and potentially important.

Sleep Your Brain Younger

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 08.22.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Sleep is sort of like Goldilocks -- you don't want too little, and you don't want too much. What number is just right?