In order to investigate the possible effect of CLOCK gene on sleep disorders in relation to mood disorders, a sample of 1113 subjects (479 major depressive disorder, 558 bipolar disorder ...

Put simply, a lack of sleep in those with the gene mutation didn’t affect alertness. In all, it is estimated that between one and three per cent of people are naturally short sleepers.

Fruit flies carrying a single point mutation in a gene for voltage-dependent potassium channels sleep for far fewer hours each day than wildtype flies, according to research published in the April 28 ...

As people go through phases of deep sleep, when neuronal activity patterns form slow waves across the brain, pulses of cerebrospinal fluid bathe the brain, possibly as a means of taking out molecular ...

Those who can get by on less than five hours of sleep have been found to carry a special gene, which experts believe negates the effects of sleep deprivation. Ying-Hui Fu, a sleep researcher at ...

But putting aside the fact that these individuals may have the short sleeper gene mutation which allows for this, the average person still needs the proper amount of sleep to function normally.