Mice sleeping fitfully provide clues to insomnia
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 10:10
in Biology & Nature
Mice that sleep fitfully could help researchers unravel the mystery of insomnia. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis studied mice genetically modified to mimic the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), which is associated with sleep problems. They found that the animals, like some people with NF1, slept in short, irregular […]