Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.

Researchers are experimenting with a variety of tools, from brain stimulation to audiovisual equipment, to try to take control of the sleeping brain.

Meet some of the people featured in the December 2020 issue of The Scientist.

The scenarios that run through our sleeping brains may help us explore possible solutions to concerns from our waking lives.

Technologies such as noninvasive brain stimulation and virtual reality gaming offer insights into how dreams arise and what functions they might serve.

In mice, the brain’s main glial cell type exhibits distinctive patterns of activity across the sleep-wake cycle and influences the response to sleep deprivation.

Accumulation of the protein was more likely to be found in the brains of people who slept less well years earlier, according to a new study.

The Stanford University researcher charted the human sleep cycle and characterized numerous sleep disorders.

The activation of young brain cells in adult mice is necessary not just for forming memories, but consolidating them during rapid eye movement sleep, a study shows.