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fromNature
3 months ago
Medicine

Disconnecting part of the brain sends it into a deep sleep

Sleep-like slow brain waves can persist in surgically disconnected brain tissue even while the person remains awake.
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fromInsideHook
3 months ago

Treatment for Epilepsy Expands Understanding of Sleep

The more scientists research how we sleep, the more they discover how important sleeping is to our overall health and wellbeing. But those aren't the only sleep-related discoveries scientists are making. The latest high-profile finding is less about the benefits of sleep and more connected to how the brain behaves during sleep, something that could have wider implications for our understanding of the human body.
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