New research shows sleep deprivation can push the awake brain into a sleep-like state, disrupting attention and brain fluid ...

A new breakthrough study from the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, University of Toronto (Motsenyat et al., Brain Stimulation 2025) shows that brief sessions of pulsed photobiomodulation (PBM) ...

We all know the feeling, but now we know, what actually happens to us.

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial housekeeping.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT study reveals how sleep deprivation causes your brain to flush itself clean while you’re awake, disrupting focus and ...

A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...

Typically, CSF flow during sleep helps get rid of built-up waste from the day. Scientists wanted to know how it might be affected by sleep deprivation, so they recruited 26 volunteers to perform tasks ...

Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention.

We think of our brains as many things: the seat of the mind, the place where our memories live, or perhaps the world’s most powerful supercomputer, but you might be surprised to learn that our brains ...

The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...