The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...

Brain waves and eye movements tell doctors ... Decreased muscle tone and paralysis occur during REM sleep. To record the EMG, electrodes are placed on your chin: one above your jawline and the ...

For the first time a new study describes the synchronized oscillations during sleep that power the brain’s glymphatic system to help remove ‘waste’ associated with neurodegenerative diseases ...

“Your brain misinterprets relaxation during your sleep as falling from ... movements are the body’s way of testing to see if sleep paralysis has kicked in. As science writer Ada McVean ...

Although there is no cure for narcolepsy, medication and lifestyle changes can help manage the symptoms. Medicines that ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...

Surgically implanted brain-computer interface enables precise finger control in paralysis patient ... and recreation during brain-computer interface control of the quadcopter.

Much of our rest, however, is spent in non-REM (NREM) sleep, during which the brain may engage in a deep ... That's the temporary paralysis of our body, which prevents us from physically acting ...