This research investigates the neurological causes of sleep dysfunction in people with myotonic dystrophy, a common multisystem muscular dystrophy. Using mouse models and brain activity monitoring, the study examines how diseased brains lose the ability to compensate for stress, providing new insights into sleep quality, cognition, and disease progression.

This study examines “status-striving sleep deprivation,” where lack of sleep signals status. It tests whether infographics can shift perceptions by highlighting work or health consequences. Findings aim to reduce glorification of sleep deprivation, challenge gendered interpretations, and promote healthier workplace norms, improving wellbeing and organizational effectiveness.

Fruit flies normally die from sleep loss due to lethal gut inflammation. But a mutant “fumin” fly, which sleeps very little, survives without inflammation. This research investigates how altered dopamine processing protects these flies, offering insight into why sleep is essential and how sleep loss contributes to disease.