List of sleep articles
Elucidating a part of the memory formation mechanism by utilizing the technology to erase memory by light irradiation
A group at Kyoto University, RIKEN, and Osaka University have succeeded in developing a method for erasing memory by irradiating light, and using this method, memory […]
Greatly increased blood flow in the brain and capillaries during REM sleep University of Tsukuba and Kyoto University succeeded in observation
Research groups at the University of Tsukuba and Kyoto University are the first in the world to directly observe the flow of red blood cells in capillaries in the brains of sleeping animals […]
Osaka University elucidates the mechanism of sleep that causes bruxism in children
A research group led by Yuki Shiraishi, a graduate student at Osaka University Graduate School, and Professor Takashi Kato, found that bruxism in sleeping children was repeated according to the sleep cycle […].
Deterioration of sleep quality due to aging is remarkable in women, confirmed by Osaka University etc.
The deterioration of sleep quality due to aging is more pronounced in females than in males, Professor Lee Bao, Specially Appointed Professor Toru Nakamura, Graduate School of Basic Engineering, Osaka University, Tokyo […]
University of Tsukuba verified that drinking oolong tea during the day promotes fat burning during sleep
A research group led by Professor Kaoruhei Tokuyama of the University of Tsukuba found that if you drank oolong tea or caffeine drink twice in the morning and noon for two weeks, you could burn fat for a day without disturbing your sleep […]
Sleep exists in animal hydra without brain, Kyushu University etc. elucidate
The research group of Assistant Professor Taichi Ito of Kyushu University Institute of Core Education and Hiroyuki Kanaya, a fourth-year student (at the time of research), is a member of the Ulsan Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea […]
Significantly reduced to REM sleep Discovery that overturns expectations for cellular energy in the brain
Akiyo Natsubori, Senior Researcher and Makoto Honda, Deputy Counselor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, have collaborated with Tohoku University and Keio University to create energy in the brains of living mice […]
University of Tsukuba discovered a neural circuit that causes hibernation, to realize artificial hibernation
A research group led by Professor Takeshi Sakurai of the University of Tsukuba has collaborated with RIKEN to induce a new neural cycle that can induce mice to resemble hibernation […].
Slightly regenerating nerve cells in the hippocampus establish memory during REM sleep
A joint research team at the University of Tsukuba and the University of Tokyo found that a small number of nerve cells (newborn neurons) that regenerate in the adult brain establish memory during REM sleep […].
Memory is erased during light sleep "REM sleep" Nagoya University elucidates the mechanism
A research group at Nagoya University reveals that the melanin-concentrating hormone-producing nerves (MCH nerves) in the brain erase memory during REM sleep […]