Maybe you've got a shaky desk? If the mouse thinks it's moving a little bit then the iBook won't sleep. I don't think it would be a software problem.

Multiple studies in humans and mouse models indicate that sleep disruptions raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by increasing the accumulation of disease-relevant proteins such as amyloid-beta ...

Trouble sleeping is common in other neurodegenerative diseases, but past research has only suggested that it occurs in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Now, a new study has not only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of neurons depicted in grey-blue with red light to signify action potentials Scientists may finally have an ...

A team has discovered that, in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease, restoring normal sleep by returning to normal the activity of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), a brain region involved in ...