It "may help mitigate cognitive decline related to fatigue," a neurologist explains.

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If the organ doesn't get time to clean itself at night, it'll find (often inconvenient) time during the day.

A study led by researchers at the University of Camerino in Italy found that the fatty insulation protecting neurons can be ...

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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say short lapses in attention after poor sleep owe to sudden ...

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Researchers find long COVID brain effects vary by country, suggesting many cases may go underrecognized in lower-resource ...

Sleep looks peaceful on the outside, but inside the brain, it is anything but ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Creatine is usually used to boost muscle performance, but now it's being linked with being able to think clearly after a poor night of rest. Here’s what the study found, plus what a neurologist wants ...