It is possible to be born with a short sleep gene, which allows some people to operate optimally on less than 7 hours of ...

Some claim that Fuller was able to succeed due to a rare mutation of the DEC2 gene, which is also known as the "short sleep gene." Accordingly, unless you naturally require only a few hours of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...