What is REM sleep disorder? REM sleep disorder (RBD) is a type of parasomnia associated with synucleinopathies ––a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders thought to share a common pathologic ...

Addressing mental health disparities During a normal night of sleep, you will cycle through each of these stages several times. Although you spend more time in stage 2 than any other stage, your body ...

Light sleep is the beginning of your sleep cycle and your body's way of winding down. Breathing, heart rate and muscle changes prepare your body for the deeper sleep to come. Light sleep is broken ...

To fully understand why people sleepwalk, it’s crucial to first grasp the basics of sleep cycles. Sleep is divided into two main types: REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM sleep, which is further ...

Here’s a question from an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation colleague: My wife and I have recently begun tracking our sleep; I use an Oura Ring and she uses a Garmin watch. The devices not only ...

Sleep is not a passive state. There is a tendency to think that waking, daily life is our real life and that sleep is a separate, passive state. But, in reality the brain is very active during sleep ...