For the first time, researchers have been able to observe how the pupils react during sleep over a period of several hours. A ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Light sleepers wake up easily due to little disturbances like noise, light, or movement ...

It's nearly impossible not to look at a comatose patient and wonder if they have any awareness. A new study may soon help ...

Of patients who had both sleep spindles and cognitive motor dissociation, 76% showed evidence of consciousness by the time ...

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New research suggests certain sleep patterns can help predict whether comatose patients will regain consciousness.

Mass General Brigham researchers have developed an AI tool that analyzes brain wave activity recorded during sleep using ...

Overnight bursts of brain waves seen in normal sleep can help doctors predict which unresponsive patients hospitalized with acute severe brain injuries will awaken and eventually recover.

THE Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute (MOI) has become the first hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa to perform brain surgery using sound wave technology. Dr Mpoki Ulisubisya, the MOI executive director, ...

A new study finds that sleep spindles—bursts of brain activity during sleep—may predict recovery in unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries.

Scientists have found that brain-injury patients with hidden consciousness may show signs of recovery through their sleep ...