Brain's neurons can function even during sleep: Study
Jul 14, 2022
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): A new study has found that your brain is tasked with hearing sound functions even when you are sound asleep.The findings of the research by scientists from UCLA and Tel Aviv University were published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. A unique study of brain activity in the cerebral cortex of epilepsy patients found there was a robust response to sound during sleep that largely mirrored the brain's response during wakefulness. However, there was one key difference from wakefulness, namely in the level of alpha-beta waves. The attenuation of these waves characterises the awake state and indicate neural feedback from higher brain centers helping to understand sound and anticipate what may come next. This was the key factor lacking in sleep.
