A new study uses optogenetics to induce localized sleep in awake mice, reversing memory loss from sleep deprivation.

A well-trained athlete sprinting 100 yards performs a highly stereotyped, repetitive motor pattern. Neuroscientists understand that these rhythmic motor programs, such as walking, swimming and running ...

For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

Biological rhythms aren't just for sleep. In the tiny worm C. elegans, researchers in the Grosshans lab and the Computational Biology Platform of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical ...

Even before babies learn to communicate through words, their brains are actively processing sound, rhythm, and melody. From the time they are in the womb, they respond to music, heartbeat patterns, ...