REM Sleep Behavior Disorder causes more than dream enactment—it’s a powerful clue to neurodegenerative disease risk.

You've probably heard of the phrase REM (rapid eye movement.) But you might be less clear on the crucial role this sleep stage has on our overall health and wellbeing. During each night ...

Study findings elucidated that the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage was closely associated with connections within and between the default mode network (DMN), the cingulo-opercular network ...

Deep sleep is often confused with REM sleep, but the two are actually different. Deep sleep is the part of your sleep cycle in which your body recovers from the day. During deep sleep, your body ...

REM sleep was found to play a restorative role ... with increased connectivity between the default mode network (DMN) and cognitive control network (CCN) and reduced DMN-thalamus connectivity ...

A good night's sleep is the best gift you can give yourself, but with the constant cycle of bad news and increased stress of daily life, it's no surprise that many of us are tossing and turning at ...

Now, a study suggests that people who take significantly longer to start the dream phase of sleep, known as rapid eye movement (REM), may be experiencing an early symptom of the disease. REM follows ...

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 ...