Brain functions the same way, whether you are asleep or awake. Researchers at Johns Hopkins, after studying rapid eye movement and brain activity using special magnetic resonance imaging, found that during sleep, brain areas that controlled sight, hearing, smell, touch, and balance and body movements remained active. This is the first time researchers have detected brain activity associated with REM in areas that control senses other than sight. The findings may help in treatment of some psychiatric diseases, Alzheimer’s and movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease.This is the sucessful health research by johns Hopkins for the brain and its functions.