Inside this issue of Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, authors explore some of the causes
and consequences of poor sleep, including breathing and cardiovascular disorders. The�…

Page 1 GRAY MATTER Sleep and □ reaming Marvin Rosen Page 2 Sleep and Dreaming Page 3
Brain Disorders Cells of the Nervous System The Forebrain The Hindbrain Learning and Memory�…

Sleep brings about the most dramatic change in consciousness we are all familiar with.
Consciousness nearly fades during deep sleep early in the night, and returns later on in the�…

Sleep brings about the most dramatic change in consciousness we are all familiar with.
Consciousness nearly fades during deep sleep early in the night, and returns later on in the�…

How and why does the sleeping brain generate dreams? Though the question is old, a
paradigm shift is now occurring in the science of sleep and dreaming that is making room for�…

This volume describes how the conceptual and technical sophistication of contemporary
cognitive and neuroscientific fields has enhanced the neurocognitive understanding of�…

This issue dives into the study of sleep function, particularly as it relates to memory and
cognition. Any clinician who sees patients with sleep disorders, or in particular any sleep�…

The science of dreaming constitutes a relevant topic in modern-day neuroscientific research
and provides major insights into the study of human consciousness. Linking specific�…

Converging evidence and new research methodologies from across the neurosciences
permit the neuroscientific study of the role of sleep in off-line memory reprocessing, as well�…

This Special Feature explores the various purposes served by sleep, describing current
attempts to understand how the many functions of sleep are instantiated in neural circuits�…