Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) play essential roles in the central nervous system, where
some families are involved in synaptic development and function. These synaptic adhesion …

Sleep continues to perplex scientists and researchers. Despite decades of sleep research,
we still lack a clear understanding of the biological functions and evolution of sleep. In this …

Sleep improves cognition and is necessary for normal brain plasticity, but the precise
cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating these effects are unknown. At the molecular …

CHILDHOOD OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS) IS ASSOCIATED WITH
SIGNIFICANT NEURO-COGNITIVE AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY Currently …

A growing body of literature demonstrates a critical role for sleep in upregulating diverse
biological processes related to protein synthesis, immune function, and cellular …

Scientists like Jennie Young eavesdrop on the transmissions, essentially reading Buddy's
mind, or at least that part of his mind occupied with a recent trip along a Plexiglas track …

Forward and reverse genetic approaches in simpler animal models, including zebrafish,
flies, and worms, have greatly accelerated sleep gene discovery. Yet, the mouse remains as …

Sleep deprivation (SD) is known to modulate inflammatory and oxidative stress markers.
How these markers change over the SD period have seldom been studied in healthy young …

Sleep apnea and insomnia, both disorders with high prevalence in the general population,
frequently co-occur. Comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA) presents many …

Despite the substantial impact of sleep disturbances on human health and the many years of
study dedicated to understanding sleep pathologies, the underlying genetic mechanisms …