Stimulating NREM sleep can boost brain health

Scientists pave the way for innovative treatments for sleep disorders and methods to enhance cognitive and behavioural performance

A team of scientists has uncovered a key mechanism by which sleep enhances neuronal and behavioral performance, potentially changing our fundamental understanding of how sleep boosts brainpower.

While it's well known that sleep enhances cognitive performance, the underlying neural mechanisms, particularly those related to nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, remain largely unexplored.

A new study by a team of researchers at Rice University and Houston Methodist's Center for Neural Systems Restoration and Weill Cornell Medical College aimed to uncover this phenomenon.