A new study reveals that pupil size fluctuates constantly during sleep, reflecting changes in brain activation levels.

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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.

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