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- What is REM sleep and why is it important? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/well/mind/rem-sleep-benefits.html 128 comments
- Study identifies new links between REM sleep disturbances and drug relapse: it is important to pay attention to REM sleep improvement, complementary to current practice focusing on non-REM sleep interventions, and melanin-concentrating hormone neurons are central to REM sleep regulation https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/study-identifies-new-links-between-rem-sleep-disturbances-and-drug-relapse 20 comments science
- Why Dreaming May Be Important for Health - A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that people who spent more time in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep — the phase when dreaming occurs — had lower fear-related brain activity when they were given mild electric shocks the next day. http://time.com/4970767/rem-sleep-dreams-health/ 6 comments science
- Study shows an association between dream emotions and the different types of eye movements observed during REM sleep: "rapid eye movements in bursts may be important for digesting negative emotions during REM sleep,” explains Jean-Baptiste Maranci, first author of the study https://institutducerveau-icm.org/en/actualite/emotions-during-sleep/ 19 comments science
- Neuroscientists identified a neural circuit in the brain that regulates REM sleep, the phase of sleep when dreams occur. The new study also showed how REM sleep controls the physiology of non-REM sleep, the other major sleep phase commonly believed to be important for memory consolidation. http://www.medicaldaily.com/our-dream-state-rem-sleep-influences-memory-consolidation-during-other-sleep-phases-358498 102 comments science